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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 -
exercising?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,113 3,626 71.6 69.4-73.7 1,487 28.4 26.3-30.6
-Wake County 196 154 81.1 73.5-86.8 42 18.9 13.2-26.5
GENDER
Male 73 58 81.6 68.0-90.3 15 18.4 9.7-32.0
Female 123 96 80.5 71.9-86.9 27 19.5 13.1-28.1
RACE
White 146 115 81.8 73.8-87.8 31 18.2 12.2-26.2
Other 50 39 79.2 60.4-90.5 11 20.8 9.5-39.6
AGE
18-44 25 20 84.1 62.1-94.5 5 15.9 5.5-37.9
45+ 168 131 79.4 72.0-85.3 37 20.6 14.7-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 45 81.2 67.4-90.1 14 18.8 9.9-32.6
Some College + 137 109 81.0 71.5-87.8 28 19.0 12.2-28.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 50 71.0 58.0-81.3 22 29.0 18.7-42.0
$50,000+ 85 73 85.6 73.0-92.9 12 14.4 7.1-27.0

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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