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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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 -
reduce alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-Orange County 108 24 23.0 15.1-33.4 41 30.9 22.3-41.1 43 46.1 35.1-57.5
GENDER
Male 44 9 20.8 10.7-36.7 18 37.5 23.7-53.7 17 41.6 26.8-58.2
Female 64 15 24.7 14.2-39.6 23 25.5 15.9-38.2 26 49.8 34.7-64.9
RACE
White 77 16 20.9 12.6-32.7 31 37.8 26.7-50.4 30 41.3 29.5-54.1
Other 27 8 28.6 13.7-50.2 6 13.0 5.4-28.0 13 58.4 37.3-76.9
AGE
18-44 6 3 40.4 11.2-78.5 1 12.6 1.6-56.0 2 47.0 13.1-83.9
45+ 97 20 20.3 12.8-30.6 38 33.6 24.2-44.5 39 46.1 34.9-57.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 8 22.8 11.0-41.4 7 9.4 4.1-19.9 25 67.8 49.6-81.8
Some College + 67 16 23.5 13.9-36.9 33 43.1 30.5-56.8 18 33.4 21.0-48.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 9 31.5 15.8-53.1 9 22.9 10.8-42.0 16 45.6 27.5-65.0
$50,000+ 46 9 16.5 8.2-30.5 20 40.1 25.8-56.3 17 43.4 27.9-60.4

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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