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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 -
cutting down on salt?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not use salt
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,120 3,786 74.0 71.9-76.0 764 16.8 15.0-18.8 570 9.2 8.1-10.3
-Orange County 109 76 69.5 58.0-79.0 17 17.2 9.7-28.8 16 13.3 7.7-22.0
GENDER
Male 44 29 70.5 54.8-82.5 6 13.0 5.6-27.5 9 16.5 8.1-30.6
Female 65 47 68.7 51.7-81.8 11 20.7 9.7-38.9 7 10.6 4.4-23.7
RACE
White 78 51 64.4 51.7-75.3 14 19.6 11.4-31.6 13 16.0 8.9-27.0
Other 27 23 77.4 49.9-92.2 2 14.0 2.9-46.6 2 8.7 2.0-30.5
AGE
18-44 6 5 68.7 20.3-95.0 1 31.3 5.0-79.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 98 68 70.0 58.8-79.2 16 15.9 9.4-25.5 14 14.2 7.9-24.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 27 60.8 40.4-78.0 7 23.7 9.6-47.9 7 15.5 6.4-33.1
Some College + 67 48 74.5 61.6-84.1 10 13.4 6.8-24.7 9 12.1 6.0-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 28 80.4 59.5-92.0 3 6.3 1.8-20.3 4 13.2 4.0-35.9
$50,000+ 46 30 67.6 51.6-80.4 9 17.7 8.8-32.4 7 14.7 6.7-29.1

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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