SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

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 -
changing your eating habits?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Robeson County 161 122 72.0 62.5-79.8 39 28.0 20.2-37.5
GENDER
Male 54 38 69.9 55.2-81.4 16 30.1 18.6-44.8
Female 107 84 73.6 60.5-83.5 23 26.4 16.5-39.5
RACE
White 58 38 60.2 43.8-74.6 20 39.8 25.4-56.2
Other 103 84 77.8 66.0-86.3 19 22.2 13.7-34.0
AGE
18-44 20 14 70.8 45.7-87.5 6 29.2 12.5-54.3
45+ 140 107 72.1 61.9-80.4 33 27.9 19.6-38.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 80 71.3 59.6-80.7 26 28.7 19.3-40.4
Some College + 54 41 73.0 55.5-85.5 13 27.0 14.5-44.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 96 75.0 63.6-83.7 25 25.0 16.3-36.4
$50,000+ 20 15 71.3 45.8-88.0 5 28.7 12.0-54.2

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