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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 225 184 81.2 74.3-86.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 39 17.3 12.2-23.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
GENDER
Male 85 67 76.6 64.6-85.5 0 0.0 . - . 17 20.9 12.8-32.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.3
Female 140 117 85.9 78.5-91.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 22 13.7 8.7-20.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 145 112 76.3 67.0-83.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 32 23.3 16.0-32.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other 80 72 88.1 75.8-94.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.0 3.8-19.6 1 2.9 0.4-18.0
AGE
18-44 26 13 58.8 36.4-78.1 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 11 34.8 17.7-56.9 1 5.3 0.7-29.9
45+ 199 171 87.9 82.4-91.9 0 0.0 . - . 28 12.1 8.1-17.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 67 91.7 82.8-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 9 8.3 3.8-17.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 147 115 75.0 65.4-82.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 30 22.7 15.5-31.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 109 92 83.2 71.9-90.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 13.9 7.7-23.7 1 2.9 0.4-17.8
$50,000+ 76 59 77.0 64.9-85.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 16 22.3 13.6-34.5 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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