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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-New Hanover County 187 57 34.8 26.6-44.0 50 28.6 20.0-39.1 80 36.6 28.4-45.6
GENDER
Male 70 23 36.2 22.6-52.3 26 40.5 25.0-58.2 21 23.3 14.0-36.2
Female 117 34 33.8 24.4-44.5 24 19.1 12.2-28.6 59 47.2 36.5-58.1
RACE
White 154 46 32.3 23.9-42.0 45 34.4 24.0-46.4 63 33.3 25.2-42.6
Other 32 11 43.9 24.2-65.8 4 8.0 2.8-20.9 17 48.1 27.6-69.2
AGE
18-44 18 11 50.5 23.3-77.4 6 46.9 20.3-75.4 1 2.6 0.3-17.4
45+ 167 46 31.0 23.3-39.9 42 22.7 16.5-30.3 79 46.3 37.5-55.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 13 29.0 15.8-47.0 11 16.8 7.9-32.1 35 54.2 37.6-70.0
Some College + 128 44 37.5 27.6-48.6 39 34.0 23.0-47.1 45 28.5 20.4-38.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 26 36.5 24.5-50.5 17 11.1 6.6-18.1 51 52.4 39.3-65.1
$50,000+ 69 23 36.6 25.0-50.0 26 38.7 26.9-52.0 20 24.7 15.6-36.7

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*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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