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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Mecklenburg County 226 172 78.6 71.7-84.1 54 21.4 15.9-28.3
GENDER
Male 86 67 78.6 67.4-86.7 19 21.4 13.3-32.6
Female 140 105 78.5 69.7-85.3 35 21.5 14.7-30.3
RACE
White 146 106 73.3 63.7-81.2 40 26.7 18.8-36.3
Other 80 66 85.9 76.0-92.2 14 14.1 7.8-24.0
AGE
18-44 26 21 84.6 65.5-94.1 5 15.4 5.9-34.5
45+ 200 151 76.8 69.4-82.9 49 23.2 17.1-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 61 81.5 68.8-89.8 16 18.5 10.2-31.2
Some College + 147 109 76.5 67.8-83.5 38 23.5 16.5-32.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 79 76.9 66.0-85.1 30 23.1 14.9-34.0
$50,000+ 76 59 76.2 63.9-85.3 17 23.8 14.7-36.1

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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