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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 139 33 29.6 20.9-40.1 16 12.8 6.2-24.4 90 57.6 46.9-67.7
GENDER
Male 51 20 40.3 25.6-57.0 11 24.1 10.8-45.3 20 35.6 22.0-52.0
Female 88 13 21.0 11.3-35.6 5 3.8 1.5- 9.1 70 75.3 61.2-85.4
RACE
White 87 25 33.7 22.7-46.8 14 19.8 9.5-36.8 48 46.5 34.1-59.4
Other 52 8 23.5 11.1-43.1 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 42 73.9 55.1-86.8
AGE
18-44 11 4 50.0 20.4-79.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 50.0 20.4-79.6
45+ 127 29 26.1 18.1-36.0 15 14.7 7.1-27.9 83 59.2 48.1-69.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 13 32.9 19.1-50.5 6 6.8 2.8-15.4 41 60.3 43.9-74.7
Some College + 79 20 27.2 17.2-40.3 10 17.0 7.1-35.3 49 55.8 41.7-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 18 31.1 19.3-46.0 5 5.0 1.9-12.1 53 63.9 49.6-76.2
$50,000+ 38 12 37.4 21.9-56.0 8 17.3 8.3-32.6 18 45.3 29.1-62.5

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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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