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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Rowan County 176 141 82.3 74.6-88.0 0 0.0 . - . 34 16.8 11.3-24.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
GENDER
Male 58 48 82.9 68.0-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 17.1 8.3-32.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 118 93 81.9 72.7-88.4 0 0.0 . - . 24 16.6 10.5-25.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
RACE
White 149 120 81.7 73.2-88.0 0 0.0 . - . 28 17.1 11.1-25.4 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
Other 27 21 84.2 63.2-94.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 15.8 5.7-36.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 19 15 81.7 57.7-93.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.7 4.4-39.1 1 3.6 0.5-22.2
45+ 156 125 82.3 74.5-88.1 0 0.0 . - . 31 17.7 11.9-25.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 83 86.6 77.7-92.2 0 0.0 . - . 20 13.4 7.8-22.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 73 58 76.0 62.0-85.9 0 0.0 . - . 14 21.8 12.3-35.7 1 2.2 0.3-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 81 83.4 73.7-90.1 0 0.0 . - . 22 16.6 9.9-26.3 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 37 30 75.9 55.8-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 20.5 8.8-40.8 1 3.6 0.5-21.7

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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