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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 -
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
-Union County 131 89 71.7 62.2-79.6 26 19.8 13.0-28.9 16 8.5 4.9-14.5
GENDER
Male 51 30 65.6 50.2-78.3 13 23.0 12.6-38.2 8 11.4 5.3-22.8
Female 80 59 77.8 66.5-86.2 13 16.5 9.2-27.9 8 5.6 2.7-11.3
RACE
White 114 75 70.9 61.1-79.1 24 19.2 12.5-28.4 15 9.9 5.6-16.9
Other 17 14 75.7 42.3-93.0 2 22.7 6.0-57.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.5
AGE
18-44 18 12 74.5 49.9-89.6 5 24.5 9.8-49.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
45+ 113 77 70.7 60.5-79.2 21 18.1 11.4-27.6 15 11.1 6.3-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 43 75.3 60.2-86.0 10 16.1 7.7-30.6 6 8.7 3.3-20.8
Some College + 72 46 69.2 56.4-79.6 16 22.4 13.3-35.2 10 8.4 4.3-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 49 73.7 59.8-84.0 11 16.4 8.3-29.8 9 9.9 4.5-20.5
$50,000+ 49 30 67.1 51.7-79.5 13 25.0 14.1-40.5 6 7.9 3.3-17.4

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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