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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Rowan County 176 119 70.7 61.7-78.4 57 29.3 21.6-38.3
GENDER
Male 58 42 72.7 57.8-83.8 16 27.3 16.2-42.2
Female 118 77 69.3 57.5-79.1 41 30.7 20.9-42.5
RACE
White 149 101 71.3 62.5-78.7 48 28.7 21.3-37.5
Other 27 18 68.9 41.9-87.2 9 31.1 12.8-58.1
AGE
18-44 20 15 72.8 46.0-89.4 5 27.2 10.6-54.0
45+ 155 103 69.7 60.9-77.2 52 30.3 22.8-39.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 63 65.2 52.6-76.0 42 34.8 24.0-47.4
Some College + 71 56 79.4 67.0-87.9 15 20.6 12.1-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 69 70.0 57.1-80.3 34 30.0 19.7-42.9
$50,000+ 36 27 74.9 57.2-87.0 9 25.1 13.0-42.8

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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