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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 127 105 75.3 63.9-83.9 0 0.0 . - . 20 23.5 14.9-34.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
GENDER
Male 50 39 67.6 49.8-81.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 30.8 17.1-48.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.9
Female 77 66 83.0 69.6-91.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 16.1 8.0-29.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
RACE
White 111 93 77.4 65.1-86.2 0 0.0 . - . 16 21.1 12.5-33.5 2 1.5 0.4- 6.2
Other 16 12 64.4 33.8-86.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 35.6 13.5-66.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 18 11 61.1 36.7-81.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 38.9 19.0-63.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 109 94 80.4 67.6-89.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 17.9 9.6-30.9 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 49 78.6 60.5-89.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 21.4 10.2-39.5 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 70 56 72.9 57.5-84.3 0 0.0 . - . 12 24.9 13.9-40.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 55 72.9 56.6-84.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 26.1 14.4-42.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
$50,000+ 48 41 81.0 63.9-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 17.2 7.6-34.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.2

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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