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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 -
change your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,098 3,274 66.9 64.6-69.0 1,824 33.1 31.0-35.4
-Wake County 197 127 70.8 62.8-77.8 70 29.2 22.2-37.2
GENDER
Male 73 49 74.2 60.7-84.2 24 25.8 15.8-39.3
Female 124 78 67.7 58.1-76.0 46 32.3 24.0-41.9
RACE
White 148 92 66.4 56.6-74.9 56 33.6 25.1-43.4
Other 49 35 81.5 67.5-90.3 14 18.5 9.7-32.5
AGE
18-44 25 20 85.1 65.4-94.5 5 14.9 5.5-34.6
45+ 169 106 65.1 56.8-72.6 63 34.9 27.4-43.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 34 65.5 47.7-79.9 24 34.5 20.1-52.3
Some College + 139 93 72.8 63.6-80.4 46 27.2 19.6-36.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 46 57.2 43.2-70.1 27 42.8 29.9-56.8
$50,000+ 86 64 82.6 72.5-89.5 22 17.4 10.5-27.5

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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