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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 -
cutting down on salt?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not use salt
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,120 3,786 74.0 71.9-76.0 764 16.8 15.0-18.8 570 9.2 8.1-10.3
-Robeson County 161 129 78.3 69.6-85.1 19 13.9 8.5-22.1 13 7.7 4.1-14.1
GENDER
Male 54 45 80.3 65.4-89.8 6 11.7 5.1-24.4 3 8.1 2.5-22.9
Female 107 84 76.8 65.3-85.3 13 15.7 8.3-27.6 10 7.5 3.9-13.9
RACE
White 58 42 68.2 51.2-81.4 12 27.2 14.6-44.8 4 4.7 1.7-12.4
Other 103 87 83.3 73.4-90.1 7 7.4 3.5-15.1 9 9.3 4.4-18.4
AGE
18-44 20 14 69.7 44.2-87.0 5 23.3 8.8-49.0 1 6.9 1.0-36.0
45+ 140 114 80.8 72.3-87.1 14 11.2 6.4-18.8 12 8.0 4.4-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 87 78.8 67.5-86.9 11 14.0 7.3-25.3 8 7.2 3.4-14.6
Some College + 54 41 77.3 61.9-87.7 8 14.0 6.5-27.4 5 8.8 2.9-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 101 80.6 70.1-88.0 10 10.7 5.3-20.6 10 8.7 4.3-16.9
$50,000+ 20 16 80.9 56.7-93.2 3 17.0 5.5-42.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.9

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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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