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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 -
exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,078 3,907 78.5 76.4-80.3 1,171 21.5 19.7-23.6
-New Hanover County 185 142 75.5 64.3-84.1 43 24.5 15.9-35.7
GENDER
Male 70 48 63.1 44.2-78.7 22 36.9 21.3-55.8
Female 115 94 85.7 77.2-91.4 21 14.3 8.6-22.8
RACE
White 152 117 76.3 63.0-85.8 35 23.7 14.2-37.0
Other 32 25 74.5 50.1-89.5 7 25.5 10.5-49.9
AGE
18-44 19 15 56.0 26.6-81.7 4 44.0 18.3-73.4
45+ 164 125 80.9 73.7-86.4 39 19.1 13.6-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 44 72.3 53.6-85.5 14 27.7 14.5-46.4
Some College + 127 98 77.0 62.4-87.1 29 23.0 12.9-37.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 74 82.1 68.3-90.7 19 17.9 9.3-31.7
$50,000+ 69 51 75.7 62.7-85.3 18 24.3 14.7-37.3

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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