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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-New Hanover County 187 137 72.5 61.6-81.2 50 27.5 18.8-38.4
GENDER
Male 70 53 67.1 47.1-82.3 17 32.9 17.7-52.9
Female 117 84 76.9 67.3-84.3 33 23.1 15.7-32.7
RACE
White 154 109 69.1 56.8-79.1 45 30.9 20.9-43.2
Other 32 27 83.3 57.0-95.0 5 16.7 5.0-43.0
AGE
18-44 19 14 52.9 25.2-78.9 5 47.1 21.1-74.8
45+ 166 121 77.7 70.3-83.7 45 22.3 16.3-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 37 64.8 47.5-79.0 22 35.2 21.0-52.5
Some College + 128 100 75.9 61.4-86.2 28 24.1 13.8-38.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 72 82.3 69.1-90.7 21 17.7 9.3-30.9
$50,000+ 70 50 71.2 58.0-81.6 20 28.8 18.4-42.0

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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