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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Were you told on TWO or MORE different visits to a doctor or other health professional
that you had high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, female told during pregnancy No Told borderline or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,046 4,089 78.4 76.3-80.4 5 0.2 0.1- 0.8 924 20.8 18.9-22.9 28 0.5 0.3- 0.8
-Wake County 195 157 76.8 67.2-84.3 0 0.0 . - . 37 22.6 15.2-32.3 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
GENDER
Male 72 56 71.2 53.9-84.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 27.6 15.1-45.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8
Female 123 101 82.1 73.4-88.4 0 0.0 . - . 22 17.9 11.6-26.6 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 145 122 83.4 75.2-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 22 15.8 10.1-23.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
Other 50 35 61.7 40.5-79.2 0 0.0 . - . 15 38.3 20.8-59.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 23 15 65.4 39.3-84.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 34.6 15.3-60.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 169 139 81.2 73.7-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 29 18.0 12.4-25.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 47 76.5 56.0-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 11 23.5 10.7-44.0 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 137 110 76.9 65.5-85.4 0 0.0 . - . 26 22.3 14.0-33.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 70 57 70.5 53.1-83.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 27.5 14.9-45.2 1 2.0 0.3-12.9
$50,000+ 86 69 76.6 61.7-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 17 23.4 13.1-38.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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