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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 140 21 22.0 14.1-32.7 44 31.4 22.4-42.0 75 46.6 36.8-56.6
GENDER
Male 52 13 31.3 18.2-48.3 23 43.0 27.2-60.3 16 25.7 14.5-41.4
Female 88 8 14.6 6.4-30.0 21 22.1 13.9-33.2 59 63.4 50.2-74.8
RACE
White 88 13 20.9 12.0-33.9 37 43.2 30.5-56.8 38 35.9 25.2-48.3
Other 52 8 23.7 11.2-43.3 7 14.0 6.4-27.9 37 62.2 44.9-76.9
AGE
18-44 11 4 51.0 21.2-80.1 2 15.7 3.7-47.7 5 33.3 11.2-66.4
45+ 128 17 17.0 10.5-26.4 41 33.9 24.2-45.2 70 49.1 38.9-59.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 7 23.0 10.7-42.7 15 18.7 10.8-30.5 39 58.3 42.4-72.7
Some College + 79 14 21.4 12.4-34.3 29 40.3 27.3-54.7 36 38.4 26.8-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 9 21.0 10.6-37.1 19 20.0 12.3-30.9 49 59.0 45.2-71.5
$50,000+ 38 9 30.5 16.1-50.0 18 46.8 30.4-64.0 11 22.7 12.1-38.5

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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