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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 -
cutting down on salt?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not use salt
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,120 3,786 74.0 71.9-76.0 764 16.8 15.0-18.8 570 9.2 8.1-10.3
-Rowan County 176 119 69.0 60.0-76.8 30 14.9 10.1-21.5 27 16.1 10.1-24.7
GENDER
Male 57 39 76.7 63.7-86.1 10 11.0 5.7-20.1 8 12.3 5.6-25.1
Female 119 80 63.8 51.6-74.4 20 17.5 10.8-27.1 19 18.7 10.5-31.1
RACE
White 149 98 67.0 57.9-74.9 29 19.1 13.1-27.0 22 13.9 8.8-21.5
Other 27 21 75.7 47.7-91.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 5 23.1 7.8-51.7
AGE
18-44 19 13 71.4 44.3-88.7 4 11.9 3.8-31.8 2 16.7 4.1-48.3
45+ 156 105 67.8 59.1-75.5 26 16.1 10.8-23.2 25 16.1 10.5-23.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 69 65.7 52.9-76.6 17 14.0 8.2-23.1 18 20.3 11.4-33.3
Some College + 72 50 74.0 62.2-83.2 13 16.2 9.2-26.9 9 9.8 4.8-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 70 69.5 56.6-80.0 15 10.9 6.2-18.5 17 19.6 10.7-33.1
$50,000+ 37 25 73.0 56.5-84.9 8 19.0 9.3-34.8 4 8.1 2.9-20.3

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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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