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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Wake County 196 148 76.9 68.4-83.6 48 23.1 16.4-31.6
GENDER
Male 73 54 77.5 62.4-87.7 19 22.5 12.3-37.6
Female 123 94 76.3 66.6-83.8 29 23.7 16.2-33.4
RACE
White 147 109 77.7 69.2-84.4 38 22.3 15.6-30.8
Other 49 39 74.9 53.2-88.7 10 25.1 11.3-46.8
AGE
18-44 25 18 74.2 50.3-89.1 7 25.8 10.9-49.7
45+ 168 128 78.4 70.8-84.4 40 21.6 15.6-29.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 41 70.1 50.4-84.4 17 29.9 15.6-49.6
Some College + 138 107 79.4 69.9-86.5 31 20.6 13.5-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 71 52 69.4 53.2-81.9 19 30.6 18.1-46.8
$50,000+ 86 68 81.3 69.0-89.4 18 18.7 10.6-31.0

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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