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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-New Hanover County 186 130 68.5 58.1-77.3 56 31.5 22.7-41.9
GENDER
Male 71 46 63.8 45.4-78.9 25 36.2 21.1-54.6
Female 115 84 72.3 61.9-80.8 31 27.7 19.2-38.1
RACE
White 153 107 67.9 55.9-77.8 46 32.1 22.2-44.1
Other 32 22 69.9 47.9-85.4 10 30.1 14.6-52.1
AGE
18-44 19 13 58.9 28.6-83.6 6 41.1 16.4-71.4
45+ 165 115 70.8 62.3-78.2 50 29.2 21.8-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 36 68.3 52.7-80.6 21 31.7 19.4-47.3
Some College + 129 94 68.6 55.0-79.6 35 31.4 20.4-45.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 63 71.9 59.5-81.7 29 28.1 18.3-40.5
$50,000+ 70 51 75.0 62.8-84.2 19 25.0 15.8-37.2

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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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