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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Pitt County 140 95 64.3 53.5-73.9 45 35.7 26.1-46.5
GENDER
Male 52 34 57.2 39.4-73.3 18 42.8 26.7-60.6
Female 88 61 70.1 58.2-79.8 27 29.9 20.2-41.8
RACE
White 88 55 55.7 42.0-68.7 33 44.3 31.3-58.0
Other 52 40 77.0 62.0-87.3 12 23.0 12.7-38.0
AGE
18-44 11 8 75.3 40.2-93.3 3 24.7 6.7-59.8
45+ 128 86 62.3 50.9-72.4 42 37.7 27.6-49.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 39 67.0 52.0-79.1 22 33.0 20.9-48.0
Some College + 79 56 62.5 47.4-75.5 23 37.5 24.5-52.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 48 64.9 51.8-76.1 29 35.1 23.9-48.2
$50,000+ 38 28 68.3 49.0-82.8 10 31.7 17.2-51.0

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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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