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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 157 132 81.2 72.4-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 25 18.8 12.4-27.6 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 53 43 81.6 67.7-90.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 18.4 9.6-32.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 104 89 80.8 68.5-89.1 0 0.0 . - . 15 19.2 10.9-31.5 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 56 46 81.2 65.5-90.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 18.8 9.2-34.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other 101 86 81.1 69.8-88.8 0 0.0 . - . 15 18.9 11.2-30.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 20 16 76.8 51.2-91.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 23.2 8.7-48.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 136 115 82.4 73.4-88.8 0 0.0 . - . 21 17.6 11.2-26.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 88 82.0 70.9-89.4 0 0.0 . - . 16 18.0 10.6-29.1 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 52 43 79.5 62.9-89.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 20.5 10.2-37.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 98 78.7 68.1-86.5 0 0.0 . - . 21 21.3 13.5-31.9 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 19 18 95.3 72.8-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.6-27.2 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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