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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-New Hanover County 185 151 79.2 67.9-87.3 0 0.0 . - . 33 19.8 11.8-31.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
GENDER
Male 69 53 69.6 49.2-84.5 0 0.0 . - . 15 28.0 13.6-49.2 1 2.3 0.3-14.9
Female 116 98 86.9 78.5-92.4 0 0.0 . - . 18 13.1 7.6-21.5 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 152 121 74.9 61.5-84.8 0 0.0 . - . 30 23.8 14.0-37.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0
Other 32 29 93.1 74.6-98.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.9 1.6-25.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 19 14 60.5 29.2-85.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 34.9 11.5-68.9 1 4.7 0.6-27.5
45+ 164 135 84.4 77.1-89.7 0 0.0 . - . 29 15.6 10.3-22.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 47 83.7 67.3-92.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 16.3 7.3-32.7 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 128 104 77.2 62.3-87.4 0 0.0 . - . 23 21.3 11.3-36.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 81 89.6 80.8-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 10.4 5.3-19.2 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 69 54 78.4 65.0-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 14 19.1 10.5-32.1 1 2.5 0.4-15.8

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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