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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reduce 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 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-Rowan County 178 34 25.7 17.6-35.8 43 22.2 16.0-30.0 101 52.1 42.8-61.3
GENDER
Male 58 18 35.2 22.6-50.2 15 20.3 11.7-32.9 25 44.5 30.5-59.5
Female 120 16 19.1 9.6-34.4 28 23.6 15.6-33.9 76 57.4 44.9-68.9
RACE
White 151 28 23.7 16.4-33.0 41 27.2 19.9-36.1 82 49.1 39.9-58.3
Other 27 6 32.2 12.0-62.4 2 5.6 1.3-21.6 19 62.2 34.4-83.7
AGE
18-44 20 6 32.3 12.7-61.0 6 21.9 9.1-44.0 8 45.8 23.3-70.2
45+ 157 27 22.5 15.4-31.5 37 22.6 16.2-30.6 93 54.9 45.9-63.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 16 22.0 11.8-37.4 18 15.7 9.3-25.3 72 62.3 48.8-74.1
Some College + 72 18 31.3 20.3-45.0 25 32.4 21.6-45.4 29 36.3 24.6-49.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 19 27.2 16.0-42.3 20 14.6 8.8-23.4 64 58.2 44.8-70.5
$50,000+ 37 11 31.9 17.9-50.2 16 41.5 25.8-59.1 10 26.6 13.7-45.2

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.

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