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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 -
change your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,098 3,274 66.9 64.6-69.0 1,824 33.1 31.0-35.4
-New Hanover County 187 115 64.4 54.3-73.4 72 35.6 26.6-45.7
GENDER
Male 70 42 57.5 40.1-73.2 28 42.5 26.8-59.9
Female 117 73 70.0 60.4-78.2 44 30.0 21.8-39.6
RACE
White 154 90 60.1 48.9-70.3 64 39.9 29.7-51.1
Other 32 25 80.2 55.6-92.9 7 19.8 7.1-44.4
AGE
18-44 19 14 54.5 26.0-80.4 5 45.5 19.6-74.0
45+ 166 100 67.4 59.3-74.7 66 32.6 25.3-40.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 40 68.2 50.3-81.9 18 31.8 18.1-49.7
Some College + 129 75 62.7 50.4-73.6 54 37.3 26.4-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 58 68.9 55.9-79.5 35 31.1 20.5-44.1
$50,000+ 70 43 68.1 55.3-78.6 27 31.9 21.4-44.7

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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