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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 107 80 68.8 56.3-79.0 0 0.0 . - . 26 30.3 20.1-42.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
GENDER
Male 43 33 72.0 54.5-84.6 0 0.0 . - . 9 26.0 13.7-43.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.3
Female 64 47 66.2 48.5-80.4 0 0.0 . - . 17 33.8 19.6-51.5 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 76 62 82.1 70.1-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 16.4 8.9-28.2 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
Other 27 15 48.9 28.4-69.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 51.1 30.1-71.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 6 2 29.3 6.6-70.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 70.7 29.2-93.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 96 73 73.5 61.3-83.0 0 0.0 . - . 22 25.4 16.1-37.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 27 59.0 38.7-76.6 0 0.0 . - . 13 41.0 23.4-61.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 66 52 74.5 58.9-85.6 0 0.0 . - . 13 24.0 13.2-39.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 25 75.7 55.5-88.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 24.3 11.3-44.5 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 45 33 65.7 47.2-80.4 0 0.0 . - . 11 32.1 17.7-51.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.8

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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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