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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Robeson County 161 31 21.1 14.4-29.7 9 3.8 1.9- 7.7 121 75.1 66.4-82.2
GENDER
Male 54 17 33.5 20.9-49.0 3 4.0 1.2-13.0 34 62.5 47.2-75.6
Female 107 14 11.5 6.5-19.7 6 3.7 1.6- 8.2 87 84.8 76.4-90.6
RACE
White 58 16 35.3 21.4-52.2 4 3.5 1.2- 9.2 38 61.3 44.8-75.5
Other 103 15 14.0 8.1-23.2 5 4.0 1.6- 9.8 83 82.0 72.4-88.7
AGE
18-44 20 5 26.0 10.3-51.7 1 1.8 0.2-12.0 14 72.2 47.0-88.4
45+ 140 26 19.7 13.2-28.3 8 4.5 2.1- 9.4 106 75.8 67.0-82.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 16 19.8 11.7-31.5 6 4.2 1.7-10.0 84 75.9 64.4-84.6
Some College + 54 14 22.8 13.0-36.8 3 3.1 1.0- 9.7 37 74.1 60.0-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 21 19.2 12.0-29.4 7 4.3 1.9- 9.3 93 76.5 66.3-84.3
$50,000+ 20 7 37.3 18.3-61.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.9 12 60.6 37.0-80.1

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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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