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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reduce 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 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-Union County 131 21 18.9 12.0-28.5 49 44.0 34.1-54.5 61 37.1 28.3-46.8
GENDER
Male 51 10 20.6 10.7-35.9 30 61.5 45.8-75.1 11 17.9 9.2-31.8
Female 80 11 17.1 8.9-30.5 19 26.4 16.5-39.4 50 56.5 43.4-68.8
RACE
White 114 16 17.6 10.5-28.0 44 45.4 34.7-56.4 54 37.0 27.8-47.3
Other 17 5 25.4 8.8-54.6 5 37.2 14.6-67.3 7 37.3 16.0-65.1
AGE
18-44 18 3 16.3 5.0-42.2 11 64.4 39.4-83.4 4 19.3 6.5-45.0
45+ 113 18 19.8 12.1-30.5 38 37.0 27.0-48.3 57 43.2 33.2-53.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 12 25.4 13.9-41.7 12 25.5 14.0-41.9 35 49.1 34.3-64.0
Some College + 72 9 14.3 7.0-26.9 37 57.0 43.6-69.5 26 28.7 18.8-41.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 12 21.5 11.6-36.5 20 31.9 20.0-46.8 37 46.6 33.0-60.7
$50,000+ 49 9 19.9 10.0-35.6 25 57.2 41.6-71.5 15 22.9 13.1-37.0

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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