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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 131 96 76.0 66.2-83.6 35 24.0 16.4-33.8
GENDER
Male 51 36 71.9 55.5-84.0 15 28.1 16.0-44.5
Female 80 60 80.1 69.3-87.7 20 19.9 12.3-30.7
RACE
White 114 82 75.9 65.8-83.8 32 24.1 16.2-34.2
Other 17 14 76.1 42.4-93.2 3 23.9 6.8-57.6
AGE
18-44 18 11 65.4 39.9-84.4 7 34.6 15.6-60.1
45+ 113 85 79.6 70.4-86.5 28 20.4 13.5-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 43 77.8 63.6-87.5 16 22.2 12.5-36.4
Some College + 72 53 74.7 60.8-84.9 19 25.3 15.1-39.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 56 84.9 72.2-92.4 13 15.1 7.6-27.8
$50,000+ 49 34 69.2 52.5-82.0 15 30.8 18.0-47.5

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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