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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Pitt County 140 105 77.8 69.4-84.4 35 22.2 15.6-30.6
GENDER
Male 52 42 84.4 71.7-92.1 10 15.6 7.9-28.3
Female 88 63 72.5 60.8-81.7 25 27.5 18.3-39.2
RACE
White 88 60 71.4 59.6-80.8 28 28.6 19.2-40.4
Other 52 45 87.2 73.9-94.3 7 12.8 5.7-26.1
AGE
18-44 11 9 85.5 54.9-96.6 2 14.5 3.4-45.1
45+ 128 96 76.8 67.8-83.8 32 23.2 16.2-32.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 48 81.7 68.8-90.1 13 18.3 9.9-31.2
Some College + 79 57 75.0 63.2-84.0 22 25.0 16.0-36.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 58 77.9 66.2-86.4 19 22.1 13.6-33.8
$50,000+ 38 28 75.3 58.5-86.8 10 24.7 13.2-41.5

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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