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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Orange County 108 34 30.5 21.6-41.2 22 16.9 10.5-26.1 52 52.6 41.5-63.4
GENDER
Male 43 15 30.3 18.1-46.2 10 24.4 13.1-40.9 18 45.3 29.9-61.7
Female 65 19 30.7 19.0-45.5 12 10.9 5.6-20.3 34 58.4 43.5-72.0
RACE
White 78 23 30.1 20.1-42.3 19 23.0 14.1-35.2 36 46.9 34.8-59.4
Other 27 10 31.0 15.6-52.2 2 3.8 0.9-15.1 15 65.2 44.1-81.6
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+ 98 29 28.0 19.4-38.7 21 18.4 11.4-28.2 48 53.6 42.3-64.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 10 25.3 12.9-43.5 3 4.0 1.2-12.8 28 70.7 52.6-84.0
Some College + 66 23 32.7 21.5-46.3 19 25.3 15.4-38.7 24 42.0 28.7-56.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 11 35.6 19.2-56.2 3 9.0 2.1-30.9 21 55.5 35.8-73.5
$50,000+ 46 13 24.8 14.2-39.7 14 27.7 16.0-43.6 19 47.5 31.7-63.8

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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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