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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 | 4,417 | 3,083 | 72.3 | 70.2-74.3 | 1,108 | 22.7 | 20.8-24.7 | 226 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.2 |
| Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3,974 | 2,763 | 72.0 | 69.8-74.2 | 1,005 | 22.6 | 20.7-24.7 | 206 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.6 |
| No | 430 | 309 | 73.5 | 66.9-79.2 | 101 | 23.2 | 17.7-29.7 | 20 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.1 |
| Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Recommended Range | 986 | 593 | 60.8 | 55.9-65.6 | 344 | 33.2 | 28.8-38.0 | 49 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.6 |
| Overweight | 1,535 | 1,070 | 73.0 | 69.4-76.3 | 378 | 21.7 | 18.6-25.1 | 87 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.2 |
| Obese | 1,576 | 1,208 | 77.2 | 73.7-80.3 | 301 | 18.6 | 15.7-21.9 | 67 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 |
| Current Smoker | ||||||||||
| No | 3,675 | 2,570 | 72.3 | 69.9-74.5 | 922 | 22.9 | 20.8-25.1 | 183 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 |
| Yes | 719 | 500 | 72.4 | 67.2-77.1 | 178 | 21.7 | 17.5-26.6 | 41 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 |
| History of CVD** | ||||||||||
| Yes | 987 | 732 | 76.3 | 71.9-80.3 | 193 | 16.8 | 13.6-20.6 | 62 | 6.9 | 4.6-10.2 |
| No | 3,354 | 2,295 | 71.0 | 68.5-73.4 | 900 | 24.4 | 22.2-26.8 | 159 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.7 |
| Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 4,022 | 2,813 | 72.0 | 69.7-74.1 | 1,003 | 22.9 | 20.9-25.0 | 206 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.4 |
| Yes | 285 | 195 | 76.8 | 69.7-82.7 | 77 | 19.1 | 13.9-25.6 | 13 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.1 |
| Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
| No | 4,144 | 2,909 | 72.9 | 70.7-75.0 | 1,026 | 22.1 | 20.2-24.2 | 209 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.1 |
| Yes | 159 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 7.1 | 2.8-17.1 |
| COPD | ||||||||||
| Yes | 587 | 421 | 70.8 | 64.2-76.7 | 128 | 21.1 | 16.2-27.1 | 38 | 8.1 | 4.7-13.5 |
| No | 3,804 | 2,641 | 72.4 | 70.2-74.6 | 975 | 23.0 | 21.0-25.1 | 188 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.7 |
| Current Asthma | ||||||||||
| Yes | 487 | 358 | 72.5 | 65.6-78.5 | 105 | 23.2 | 17.5-30.0 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 |
| No | 3,895 | 2,706 | 72.4 | 70.1-74.5 | 990 | 22.5 | 20.5-24.6 | 199 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.4 |
| Diabetes | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,143 | 875 | 79.3 | 75.5-82.6 | 214 | 15.7 | 12.8-19.0 | 54 | 5.0 | 3.3- 7.5 |
| No | 3,263 | 2,202 | 70.0 | 67.4-72.5 | 890 | 25.0 | 22.7-27.4 | 171 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.4 |
| Disability | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,896 | 1,360 | 73.7 | 70.5-76.7 | 430 | 21.3 | 18.6-24.4 | 106 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 |
| No | 2,495 | 1,708 | 71.4 | 68.5-74.1 | 668 | 23.5 | 21.0-26.2 | 119 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.8 |
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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