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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Rowan County 178 41 26.2 19.1-34.7 23 8.9 5.7-13.6 114 64.9 56.1-72.8
GENDER
Male 58 22 39.1 26.0-53.8 5 4.8 1.9-11.7 31 56.2 41.5-69.8
Female 120 19 17.3 10.6-27.0 18 11.7 7.0-18.9 83 71.0 60.4-79.7
RACE
White 151 36 29.0 21.1-38.3 22 11.3 7.2-17.1 93 59.8 50.5-68.4
Other 27 5 17.0 6.3-38.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6 21 82.0 60.6-93.1
AGE
18-44 20 7 22.8 9.8-44.5 1 2.0 0.3-13.6 12 75.2 53.4-88.9
45+ 157 33 26.5 19.0-35.7 22 11.4 7.3-17.3 102 62.1 53.0-70.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 13 12.5 6.8-22.0 10 6.8 3.4-13.1 83 80.7 70.7-87.9
Some College + 72 28 47.5 34.6-60.7 13 12.1 6.7-20.7 31 40.5 28.2-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 20 19.0 11.6-29.5 11 6.4 3.2-12.3 72 74.6 63.7-83.1
$50,000+ 37 17 53.8 36.5-70.3 8 14.3 6.9-27.3 12 31.9 17.9-50.2

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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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