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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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 -
reduce 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 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-New Hanover County 187 39 25.5 18.3-34.4 69 37.7 28.6-47.8 79 36.8 28.6-45.9
GENDER
Male 70 17 27.7 16.1-43.4 32 48.9 33.0-65.0 21 23.4 14.0-36.4
Female 117 22 23.7 15.7-34.3 37 28.7 20.4-38.7 58 47.6 36.9-58.5
RACE
White 154 32 26.2 18.4-35.9 61 41.9 31.5-53.0 61 31.9 24.0-41.1
Other 32 7 23.7 9.6-47.6 7 22.5 9.4-44.8 18 53.8 32.4-73.9
AGE
18-44 19 9 41.3 18.6-68.4 8 51.0 24.6-76.8 2 7.7 1.7-29.3
45+ 166 30 21.3 14.9-29.4 59 33.0 25.4-41.7 77 45.7 36.9-54.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 10 23.0 11.2-41.3 15 23.2 12.4-39.2 34 53.8 37.3-69.5
Some College + 128 29 26.7 18.3-37.1 54 44.3 33.0-56.2 45 29.0 20.8-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 14 20.0 10.8-34.0 30 28.6 18.6-41.1 50 51.5 38.4-64.3
$50,000+ 70 22 37.6 25.8-51.0 29 39.5 27.8-52.5 19 22.9 14.2-34.8

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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