SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

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 -
cut down on salt?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not use salt
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,090 3,435 68.4 66.2-70.6 1,425 27.7 25.6-29.9 230 3.9 3.2- 4.7
-Pitt County 140 95 71.8 62.9-79.2 38 24.8 17.8-33.5 7 3.4 1.6- 7.3
GENDER
Male 52 33 71.3 56.6-82.6 14 23.2 13.2-37.5 5 5.4 2.1-13.3
Female 88 62 72.1 60.6-81.3 24 26.1 17.1-37.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4
RACE
White 88 53 64.8 52.7-75.3 30 31.7 21.7-43.7 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5
Other 52 42 82.0 68.0-90.7 8 14.7 6.9-28.5 2 3.3 0.8-12.5
AGE
18-44 11 10 92.9 62.0-99.1 1 7.1 0.9-38.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 128 85 68.3 58.8-76.6 36 27.6 19.8-37.0 7 4.0 1.9- 8.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 41 73.5 60.2-83.6 15 20.8 12.0-33.7 5 5.6 2.2-13.6
Some College + 79 54 70.6 58.2-80.5 23 27.6 18.0-39.8 2 1.9 0.4- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 57 76.8 65.1-85.4 17 20.8 12.6-32.4 3 2.4 0.7- 7.6
$50,000+ 38 22 63.0 45.8-77.4 15 35.6 21.4-52.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 11JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook