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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*

Are YOU now doing any of the following to help lower or control your high blood pressure -
reducing 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 5,124 1,233 27.8 25.7-30.0 834 18.8 16.9-21.0 3,057 53.3 51.0-55.7
-Wayne County 171 37 30.0 21.7-39.8 10 6.9 3.3-14.2 124 63.1 53.4-71.8
GENDER
Male 49 18 43.5 28.1-60.3 5 10.7 3.7-27.1 26 45.8 30.6-61.8
Female 122 19 20.7 13.0-31.5 5 4.4 1.6-11.3 98 74.9 64.1-83.3
RACE
White 102 22 28.4 18.9-40.3 8 10.8 4.7-23.2 72 60.7 48.6-71.6
Other 69 15 31.7 18.9-48.0 2 2.6 0.6-11.3 52 65.7 49.8-78.7
AGE
18-44 19 13 71.1 44.9-88.2 1 5.4 0.7-30.6 5 23.5 8.6-49.9
45+ 151 24 20.4 13.6-29.5 9 7.3 3.2-15.8 118 72.2 62.4-80.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 13 24.1 13.1-40.1 2 3.8 0.9-13.9 76 72.1 56.6-83.7
Some College + 80 24 36.2 25.0-49.1 8 10.3 4.2-23.1 48 53.5 40.9-65.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 18 28.0 16.9-42.7 3 2.1 0.6- 6.6 78 69.9 55.6-81.2
$50,000+ 34 14 42.7 26.2-61.0 5 17.1 6.2-38.9 15 40.3 24.3-58.6

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*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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