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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 -
take medication?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,115 4,706 87.5 85.3-89.4 409 12.5 10.6-14.7
-Wake County 198 177 85.5 76.7-91.4 21 14.5 8.6-23.3
GENDER
Male 73 66 82.0 65.1-91.7 7 18.0 8.3-34.9
Female 125 111 88.9 81.1-93.8 14 11.1 6.2-18.9
RACE
White 148 135 88.7 80.3-93.8 13 11.3 6.2-19.7
Other 50 42 77.9 55.4-90.9 8 22.1 9.1-44.6
AGE
18-44 25 18 70.7 46.6-87.0 7 29.3 13.0-53.4
45+ 170 156 91.8 85.8-95.4 14 8.2 4.6-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 51 83.1 62.0-93.7 8 16.9 6.3-38.0
Some College + 139 126 86.4 76.1-92.7 13 13.6 7.3-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 64 78.2 59.4-89.8 9 21.8 10.2-40.6
$50,000+ 86 77 86.3 73.1-93.6 9 13.7 6.4-26.9

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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