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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph 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
-Randolph County 116 97 81.5 69.2-89.6 0 0.0 . - . 19 18.5 10.4-30.8 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 48 37 75.5 55.9-88.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 24.5 11.8-44.1 0 0.0 . - .
Female 68 60 88.5 74.9-95.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 11.5 4.8-25.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 103 85 80.4 66.8-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 18 19.6 10.7-33.2 0 0.0 . - .
Other 11 10 86.3 43.9-98.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.7 1.9-56.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 10 58.2 29.0-82.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 41.8 17.5-71.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 100 86 88.9 80.7-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 11.1 6.2-19.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 62 85.0 73.9-91.9 0 0.0 . - . 13 15.0 8.1-26.1 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 41 35 76.7 52.0-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 23.3 9.1-48.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 56 90.2 80.2-95.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 9.8 4.6-19.8 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 22 19 75.0 40.7-92.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 25.0 7.1-59.3 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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