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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 -
change your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,098 3,274 66.9 64.6-69.0 1,824 33.1 31.0-35.4
-Pitt County 139 93 68.1 57.5-77.0 46 31.9 23.0-42.5
GENDER
Male 52 36 69.0 49.7-83.4 16 31.0 16.6-50.3
Female 87 57 67.3 55.4-77.3 30 32.7 22.7-44.6
RACE
White 87 52 58.4 44.6-71.1 35 41.6 28.9-55.4
Other 52 41 82.1 68.5-90.7 11 17.9 9.3-31.5
AGE
18-44 11 9 90.3 63.2-98.1 2 9.7 1.9-36.8
45+ 127 84 64.4 53.2-74.3 43 35.6 25.7-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 41 74.8 61.4-84.7 19 25.2 15.3-38.6
Some College + 79 52 63.4 48.6-76.0 27 36.6 24.0-51.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 53 73.8 62.0-82.9 24 26.2 17.1-38.0
$50,000+ 38 24 67.2 50.0-80.8 14 32.8 19.2-50.0

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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