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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Wake County 197 53 31.7 22.9-42.0 52 27.3 19.9-36.2 92 41.0 32.3-50.3
GENDER
Male 73 19 34.4 20.1-52.2 29 36.6 23.4-52.2 25 29.0 17.2-44.6
Female 124 34 29.1 20.2-40.0 23 18.4 11.9-27.3 67 52.5 42.1-62.7
RACE
White 147 41 35.3 24.7-47.5 47 31.3 22.9-41.2 59 33.3 25.0-42.9
Other 50 12 23.2 11.3-41.9 5 17.8 6.1-42.1 33 58.9 38.9-76.4
AGE
18-44 25 9 39.3 18.4-64.9 9 33.8 16.2-57.5 7 26.9 11.0-52.1
45+ 169 44 28.8 21.4-37.5 43 24.8 18.3-32.8 82 46.4 38.0-54.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 11 29.4 11.4-57.4 10 21.2 9.3-41.5 38 49.4 30.1-68.9
Some College + 138 42 32.6 23.6-43.1 42 29.6 21.1-39.8 54 37.9 28.1-48.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 19 24.1 14.7-37.0 14 27.9 15.5-44.9 39 48.0 34.5-61.7
$50,000+ 86 27 33.3 22.2-46.5 34 33.5 22.7-46.3 25 33.3 21.4-47.6

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*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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