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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 -
take medication?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,115 4,706 87.5 85.3-89.4 409 12.5 10.6-14.7
-New Hanover County 187 171 83.0 70.5-90.9 16 17.0 9.1-29.5
GENDER
Male 70 62 74.6 51.7-89.0 8 25.4 11.0-48.3
Female 117 109 89.9 80.3-95.1 8 10.1 4.9-19.7
RACE
White 154 141 82.4 67.3-91.4 13 17.6 8.6-32.7
Other 32 29 84.8 56.7-95.9 3 15.2 4.1-43.3
AGE
18-44 19 14 53.7 25.6-79.6 5 46.3 20.4-74.4
45+ 166 155 91.2 84.4-95.2 11 8.8 4.8-15.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 55 87.6 66.1-96.3 4 12.4 3.7-33.9
Some College + 128 116 80.9 64.5-90.8 12 19.1 9.2-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 86 85.7 70.2-93.8 7 14.3 6.2-29.8
$50,000+ 70 63 86.2 73.0-93.5 7 13.8 6.5-27.0

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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