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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 -
exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,078 3,907 78.5 76.4-80.3 1,171 21.5 19.7-23.6
-Wake County 198 162 84.6 78.2-89.4 36 15.4 10.6-21.8
GENDER
Male 73 61 86.0 74.7-92.7 12 14.0 7.3-25.3
Female 125 101 83.3 75.4-89.1 24 16.7 10.9-24.6
RACE
White 148 124 84.3 76.4-90.0 24 15.7 10.0-23.6
Other 50 38 85.3 72.8-92.7 12 14.7 7.3-27.2
AGE
18-44 25 21 90.0 73.6-96.7 4 10.0 3.3-26.4
45+ 170 139 82.3 75.1-87.8 31 17.7 12.2-24.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 43 77.3 62.1-87.7 16 22.7 12.3-37.9
Some College + 139 119 87.3 79.8-92.3 20 12.7 7.7-20.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 54 67.4 52.9-79.1 19 32.6 20.9-47.1
$50,000+ 86 78 94.6 88.7-97.5 8 5.4 2.5-11.3

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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