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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Rowan County 178 127 68.4 58.1-77.1 51 31.6 22.9-41.9
GENDER
Male 58 41 72.6 57.8-83.7 17 27.4 16.3-42.2
Female 120 86 65.4 51.5-77.1 34 34.6 22.9-48.5
RACE
White 151 104 68.2 58.8-76.3 47 31.8 23.7-41.2
Other 27 23 68.9 36.2-89.7 4 31.1 10.3-63.8
AGE
18-44 20 11 46.9 24.4-70.7 9 53.1 29.3-75.6
45+ 157 115 75.5 67.4-82.1 42 24.5 17.9-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 72 63.7 49.5-75.8 33 36.3 24.2-50.5
Some College + 73 55 75.5 62.2-85.2 18 24.5 14.8-37.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 74 67.9 52.9-79.8 30 32.1 20.2-47.1
$50,000+ 37 29 80.8 64.7-90.6 8 19.2 9.4-35.3

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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