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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Robeson County 160 98 60.6 51.2-69.3 62 39.4 30.7-48.8
GENDER
Male 53 39 74.4 59.9-84.9 14 25.6 15.1-40.1
Female 107 59 50.2 38.9-61.6 48 49.8 38.4-61.1
RACE
White 58 34 56.8 40.9-71.4 24 43.2 28.6-59.1
Other 102 64 62.5 50.8-72.9 38 37.5 27.1-49.2
AGE
18-44 20 12 66.6 41.9-84.6 8 33.4 15.4-58.1
45+ 139 86 59.2 49.3-68.4 53 40.8 31.6-50.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 65 61.0 49.4-71.5 40 39.0 28.5-50.6
Some College + 54 32 59.5 43.4-73.8 22 40.5 26.2-56.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 76 60.5 49.5-70.5 45 39.5 29.5-50.5
$50,000+ 20 13 64.0 40.5-82.3 7 36.0 17.7-59.5

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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