2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*-FEMALES

Has a doctor or health professional ever advised you to do any of the following
to help lower or control your high blood pressure?

(Ever advised you to) exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,414 3,484 80.6 78.6-82.4 930 19.4 17.6-21.4
-FEMALES 2,765 2,169 80.3 78.0-82.4 596 19.7 17.6-22.0
RACE
White 2,009 1,543 77.8 75.0-80.4 466 22.2 19.6-25.0
African American 600 501 86.1 81.6-89.6 99 13.9 10.4-18.4
Other Minorities 143 115 84.2 74.0-90.9 28 15.8 9.1-26.0
AGE
18-34 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 151 131 85.8 76.1-92.0 20 14.2 8.0-23.9
45-54 422 349 87.2 82.8-90.5 73 12.8 9.5-17.2
55-64 670 567 83.6 79.2-87.3 103 16.4 12.7-20.8
65-74 720 570 79.7 75.3-83.6 150 20.3 16.4-24.7
75+ 717 483 67.6 62.4-72.5 234 32.4 27.5-37.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 472 334 77.1 71.7-81.7 138 22.9 18.3-28.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 962 761 78.4 74.1-82.2 201 21.6 17.8-25.9
Some Post-H.S. 725 593 83.3 78.9-86.9 132 16.7 13.1-21.1
College Graduate 601 478 82.6 78.3-86.2 123 17.4 13.8-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 507 371 75.3 69.2-80.6 136 24.7 19.4-30.8
$15,000- 24,999 566 452 82.5 77.0-86.9 114 17.5 13.1-23.0
$25,000- 34,999 285 227 81.5 74.0-87.3 58 18.5 12.7-26.0
$35,000- 49,999 303 257 85.3 77.6-90.7 46 14.7 9.3-22.4
$50,000- 74,999 235 208 89.9 83.5-94.0 27 10.1 6.0-16.5
$75,000+ 265 215 84.9 79.4-89.2 50 15.1 10.8-20.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,255 976 77.5 73.8-80.8 279 22.5 19.2-26.2
No 1,493 1,181 82.4 79.4-85.1 312 17.6 14.9-20.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,710 2,124 80.5 78.3-82.6 586 19.5 17.4-21.7

Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.

*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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