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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Pitt County 138 106 73.8 62.8-82.5 0 0.0 . - . 32 26.2 17.5-37.2 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 52 36 64.8 46.0-79.9 0 0.0 . - . 16 35.2 20.1-54.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 86 70 81.3 70.2-88.9 0 0.0 . - . 16 18.7 11.1-29.8 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 87 65 72.3 56.9-83.8 0 0.0 . - . 22 27.7 16.2-43.1 0 0.0 . - .
Other 51 41 76.1 60.0-87.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 23.9 12.8-40.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 12 8 75.8 45.4-92.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 24.2 7.8-54.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 125 97 73.3 61.3-82.7 0 0.0 . - . 28 26.7 17.3-38.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 47 81.7 69.7-89.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 18.3 10.3-30.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 77 59 68.2 52.1-80.8 0 0.0 . - . 18 31.8 19.2-47.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 58 78.2 66.0-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 16 21.8 13.1-34.0 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 39 29 75.8 58.5-87.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 24.2 12.6-41.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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