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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 -
changing your eating habits?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,114 3,820 74.7 72.4-76.8 1,294 25.3 23.2-27.6
-Wayne County 171 126 76.6 68.7-83.0 45 23.4 17.0-31.3
GENDER
Male 49 38 78.5 63.5-88.5 11 21.5 11.5-36.5
Female 122 88 75.2 66.0-82.6 34 24.8 17.4-34.0
RACE
White 102 66 68.7 57.7-77.9 36 31.3 22.1-42.3
Other 69 60 85.3 73.1-92.5 9 14.7 7.5-26.9
AGE
18-44 19 12 64.0 38.5-83.5 7 36.0 16.5-61.5
45+ 151 114 80.2 72.6-86.0 37 19.8 14.0-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 70 81.4 71.2-88.6 21 18.6 11.4-28.8
Some College + 80 56 71.4 59.1-81.2 24 28.6 18.8-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 70 76.4 65.7-84.5 29 23.6 15.5-34.3
$50,000+ 34 26 74.7 56.4-87.1 8 25.3 12.9-43.6

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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