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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
take medication?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,115 4,706 87.5 85.3-89.4 409 12.5 10.6-14.7
-Mecklenburg County 224 201 83.3 74.1-89.7 23 16.7 10.3-25.9
GENDER
Male 84 67 75.9 63.8-85.0 17 24.1 15.0-36.2
Female 140 134 90.2 71.3-97.2 6 9.8 2.8-28.7
RACE
White 144 128 83.1 73.4-89.7 16 16.9 10.3-26.6
Other 80 73 83.5 63.8-93.6 7 16.5 6.4-36.2
AGE
18-44 25 15 49.8 27.5-72.2 10 50.2 27.8-72.5
45+ 199 186 92.1 86.3-95.6 13 7.9 4.4-13.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 72 93.2 81.9-97.6 4 6.8 2.4-18.1
Some College + 146 127 77.7 65.1-86.7 19 22.3 13.3-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 107 101 93.0 82.4-97.4 6 7.0 2.6-17.6
$50,000+ 76 64 79.7 66.9-88.4 12 20.3 11.6-33.1

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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