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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Johnston County 127 104 83.4 72.6-90.6 0 0.0 . - . 23 16.6 9.4-27.4 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 48 40 83.6 63.5-93.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 16.4 6.3-36.5 0 0.0 . - .
Female 79 64 83.3 72.3-90.5 0 0.0 . - . 15 16.7 9.5-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 107 89 84.1 71.8-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 18 15.9 8.3-28.2 0 0.0 . - .
Other 19 14 78.0 54.1-91.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 22.0 8.6-45.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 12 7 69.6 31.0-92.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 30.4 7.9-69.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 114 97 88.9 81.8-93.4 0 0.0 . - . 17 11.1 6.6-18.2 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 54 76.2 59.1-87.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 23.8 12.3-40.9 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 59 50 88.6 74.6-95.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 11.4 4.7-25.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 61 86.7 77.0-92.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 13.3 7.3-23.0 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 42 35 81.8 60.3-93.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 18.2 7.0-39.7 0 0.0 . - .

Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.

*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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