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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Mecklenburg County 225 84 45.5 37.2-54.1 50 20.0 14.5-27.0 91 34.5 27.5-42.2
GENDER
Male 85 37 49.7 37.3-62.0 21 21.4 13.4-32.5 27 28.9 19.5-40.6
Female 140 47 41.4 30.6-53.2 29 18.7 11.9-28.1 64 39.9 30.2-50.5
RACE
White 146 50 41.4 31.3-52.3 44 30.1 21.6-40.2 52 28.5 20.9-37.6
Other 79 34 51.4 37.8-64.8 6 5.4 2.2-12.7 39 43.1 30.5-56.7
AGE
18-44 25 15 63.3 40.1-81.7 6 22.1 9.0-44.8 4 14.5 5.1-35.0
45+ 200 69 40.5 32.6-49.0 44 19.4 14.0-26.4 87 40.0 32.4-48.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 23 41.2 27.1-56.9 14 20.2 10.6-35.2 40 38.5 26.4-52.3
Some College + 146 61 48.8 38.7-58.9 36 20.3 14.1-28.2 49 31.0 22.8-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 108 37 47.2 34.6-60.2 18 15.8 8.7-27.1 53 36.9 26.6-48.6
$50,000+ 76 36 45.8 33.8-58.3 25 32.1 21.6-44.8 15 22.1 13.2-34.6

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*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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