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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 197 27 13.2 8.8-19.3 86 48.7 39.3-58.2 84 38.1 29.5-47.5
GENDER
Male 73 12 12.4 6.5-22.2 40 60.2 44.3-74.2 21 27.4 15.3-44.1
Female 124 15 13.9 8.2-22.6 46 37.7 28.0-48.4 63 48.4 38.2-58.7
RACE
White 147 25 17.0 11.2-24.9 71 56.6 46.4-66.3 51 26.4 19.3-35.0
Other 50 2 4.2 1.0-16.3 15 30.2 15.5-50.5 33 65.6 45.7-81.2
AGE
18-44 24 4 8.3 2.8-21.8 14 61.8 37.1-81.6 6 29.9 12.3-56.4
45+ 170 23 15.4 10.2-22.8 71 43.5 35.2-52.2 76 41.1 33.1-49.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 9 11.3 5.3-22.5 14 36.4 17.3-60.9 36 52.4 32.1-71.9
Some College + 138 18 13.9 8.6-21.6 72 53.3 42.8-63.6 48 32.8 23.5-43.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 10 11.2 5.8-20.5 21 34.4 22.4-48.8 41 54.4 40.5-67.7
$50,000+ 86 16 17.4 10.4-27.6 52 56.9 43.3-69.5 18 25.7 14.8-40.9

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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