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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Do not use salt | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,452 | 3,392 | 77.6 | 75.6-79.5 | 573 | 11.7 | 10.4-13.2 | 487 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.2 |
| Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
| Yes | 4,004 | 3,038 | 77.6 | 75.6-79.5 | 525 | 12.1 | 10.6-13.7 | 441 | 10.3 | 9.0-11.8 |
| No | 435 | 343 | 77.4 | 70.0-83.3 | 47 | 9.9 | 6.5-15.0 | 45 | 12.7 | 7.9-19.9 |
| Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Recommended Range | 1,001 | 745 | 73.7 | 68.9-78.0 | 140 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.4 | 116 | 11.8 | 8.7-15.8 |
| Overweight | 1,543 | 1,170 | 79.3 | 76.2-82.2 | 212 | 11.4 | 9.3-13.8 | 161 | 9.3 | 7.4-11.6 |
| Obese | 1,587 | 1,238 | 78.8 | 75.4-81.9 | 186 | 10.8 | 8.7-13.3 | 163 | 10.4 | 8.1-13.3 |
| Current Smoker | ||||||||||
| No | 3,703 | 2,836 | 78.2 | 76.1-80.2 | 460 | 11.2 | 9.7-12.8 | 407 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.3 |
| Yes | 726 | 541 | 75.3 | 69.8-80.1 | 109 | 14.0 | 10.7-18.2 | 76 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.6 |
| History of CVD** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 996 | 762 | 77.0 | 72.4-81.0 | 104 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.1 | 130 | 14.7 | 11.2-19.0 |
| No | 3,379 | 2,568 | 77.7 | 75.4-79.8 | 461 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.5 | 350 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.4 |
| Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 4,054 | 3,093 | 77.4 | 75.2-79.4 | 507 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.9 | 454 | 11.3 | 9.7-13.0 |
| Yes | 286 | 213 | 82.3 | 75.9-87.2 | 50 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.5 | 23 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.2 |
| Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 4,176 | 3,186 | 78.1 | 76.0-80.0 | 526 | 11.0 | 9.7-12.5 | 464 | 10.9 | 9.4-12.5 |
| Yes | 159 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 24.2 | 15.4-35.9 | 14 | 9.5 | 4.4-19.2 |
| COPD | ||||||||||
| Yes | 589 | 443 | 75.6 | 69.5-80.9 | 71 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.2 | 75 | 13.6 | 9.5-19.2 |
| No | 3,836 | 2,927 | 77.9 | 75.7-79.9 | 501 | 11.9 | 10.5-13.5 | 408 | 10.2 | 8.8-11.9 |
| Current Asthma | ||||||||||
| Yes | 492 | 377 | 77.5 | 71.3-82.7 | 49 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.6 | 66 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.0 |
| No | 3,925 | 2,993 | 77.8 | 75.6-79.8 | 518 | 12.1 | 10.6-13.7 | 414 | 10.1 | 8.7-11.8 |
| Diabetes | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,152 | 922 | 83.4 | 80.2-86.1 | 108 | 7.0 | 5.4- 8.9 | 122 | 9.7 | 7.5-12.5 |
| No | 3,289 | 2,465 | 75.8 | 73.4-78.1 | 461 | 13.2 | 11.5-15.1 | 363 | 11.0 | 9.3-12.9 |
| Disability | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,916 | 1,454 | 76.9 | 73.8-79.7 | 229 | 11.9 | 9.8-14.3 | 233 | 11.2 | 9.2-13.7 |
| No | 2,510 | 1,920 | 78.2 | 75.5-80.7 | 340 | 11.6 | 9.8-13.6 | 250 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.4 |
Back to Actions to Control High Blood Pressure*.
*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure
**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.
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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