SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

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 -
exercising?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Union County 131 89 71.5 61.6-79.7 42 28.5 20.3-38.4
GENDER
Male 51 34 69.6 53.3-82.2 17 30.4 17.8-46.7
Female 80 55 73.4 61.8-82.5 25 26.6 17.5-38.2
RACE
White 114 76 69.9 59.1-78.8 38 30.1 21.2-40.9
Other 17 13 80.1 49.7-94.3 4 19.9 5.7-50.3
AGE
18-44 18 14 80.3 54.4-93.3 4 19.7 6.7-45.6
45+ 113 75 68.5 57.7-77.6 38 31.5 22.4-42.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 35 67.6 53.2-79.4 24 32.4 20.6-46.8
Some College + 72 54 74.3 60.0-84.7 18 25.7 15.3-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 43 68.2 54.4-79.4 26 31.8 20.6-45.6
$50,000+ 49 40 83.4 69.2-91.9 9 16.6 8.1-30.8

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 11JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook