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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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 -
reduce alcohol use?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Do not drink
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,112 984 23.1 21.2-25.2 1,486 31.5 29.2-33.8 2,642 45.4 43.1-47.7
-Wayne County 171 36 27.3 19.7-36.7 31 20.2 13.4-29.4 104 52.4 43.3-61.4
GENDER
Male 49 21 46.2 30.8-62.4 9 20.4 9.1-39.6 19 33.4 20.7-49.1
Female 122 15 14.4 8.2-24.2 22 20.2 13.0-29.9 85 65.4 54.8-74.7
RACE
White 102 21 29.5 19.3-42.2 16 16.4 9.7-26.5 65 54.1 42.4-65.3
Other 69 15 25.0 14.6-39.4 15 24.5 13.3-40.5 39 50.5 36.6-64.4
AGE
18-44 19 7 36.2 16.4-62.1 9 49.3 25.1-73.9 3 14.5 3.9-41.9
45+ 151 29 25.5 17.5-35.4 22 13.5 8.6-20.5 100 61.0 51.4-69.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 13 21.2 12.0-34.7 11 15.5 6.7-31.7 67 63.3 48.9-75.7
Some College + 80 23 33.9 22.7-47.3 20 25.3 16.2-37.3 37 40.7 29.4-53.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 18 22.8 13.7-35.4 16 18.7 9.6-33.1 65 58.6 45.4-70.6
$50,000+ 34 11 37.6 21.3-57.3 13 34.7 20.2-52.8 10 27.7 14.6-46.1

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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