2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*-MALES

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
-MALES 1,649 1,315 80.8 77.5-83.8 334 19.2 16.2-22.5
RACE
White 1,322 1,055 82.7 79.4-85.6 267 17.3 14.4-20.6
African American 242 195 75.6 65.3-83.7 47 24.4 16.3-34.7
Other Minorities 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 118 99 84.6 73.4-91.6 19 15.4 8.4-26.6
45-54 273 234 82.1 72.3-89.0 39 17.9 11.0-27.7
55-64 446 363 83.1 77.2-87.6 83 16.9 12.4-22.8
65-74 470 364 80.7 75.7-84.9 106 19.3 15.1-24.3
75+ 281 209 77.1 69.0-83.7 72 22.9 16.3-31.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 232 181 82.4 74.8-88.1 51 17.6 11.9-25.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 492 389 78.7 71.8-84.3 103 21.3 15.7-28.2
Some Post-H.S. 400 321 81.0 73.7-86.7 79 19.0 13.3-26.3
College Graduate 520 419 82.0 76.8-86.2 101 18.0 13.8-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 161 *** *** *** 43 27.1 18.0-38.7
$15,000- 24,999 278 214 76.1 66.3-83.8 64 23.9 16.2-33.7
$25,000- 34,999 173 140 80.4 69.5-88.1 33 19.6 11.9-30.5
$35,000- 49,999 252 198 77.8 67.3-85.6 54 22.2 14.4-32.7
$50,000- 74,999 226 182 84.9 76.4-90.7 44 15.1 9.3-23.6
$75,000+ 337 283 85.1 77.1-90.7 54 14.9 9.3-22.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 637 521 82.9 78.1-86.8 116 17.1 13.2-21.9
No 1,005 788 79.7 75.1-83.6 217 20.3 16.4-24.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 687 541 82.1 78.0-85.5 146 17.9 14.5-22.0
Non-Veteran 961 773 80.3 75.8-84.2 188 19.7 15.8-24.2

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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