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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Mecklenburg County 225 173 80.4 73.9-85.6 52 19.6 14.4-26.1
GENDER
Male 86 67 79.6 68.7-87.4 19 20.4 12.6-31.3
Female 139 106 81.3 73.1-87.4 33 18.7 12.6-26.9
RACE
White 145 101 72.9 63.4-80.6 44 27.1 19.4-36.6
Other 80 72 91.0 82.2-95.7 8 9.0 4.3-17.8
AGE
18-44 25 18 75.8 54.2-89.2 7 24.2 10.8-45.8
45+ 200 155 81.8 75.5-86.7 45 18.2 13.3-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 55 79.0 67.4-87.2 22 21.0 12.8-32.6
Some College + 146 117 82.0 73.6-88.1 29 18.0 11.9-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 81 80.8 71.5-87.6 28 19.2 12.4-28.5
$50,000+ 76 62 79.5 67.3-88.0 14 20.5 12.0-32.7

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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