2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,722 2,277 81.0 79.1-82.9 445 19.0 17.1-20.9
Region 7 319 264 81.4 75.8-85.9 55 18.6 14.1-24.2
GENDER
Male 138 110 79.6 71.0-86.1 28 20.4 13.9-29.0
Female 181 154 83.1 75.2-88.8 27 16.9 11.2-24.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 186 154 81.6 74.1-87.3 32 18.4 12.7-25.9
Non-Hispanic Black 102 91 87.0 76.5-93.3 11 13.0 6.7-23.5
Other 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
44-64 133 111 83.4 75.2-89.3 22 16.6 10.7-24.8
65+ 136 126 92.9 86.9-96.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 123 84.3 75.8-90.1 19 15.7 9.9-24.2
Some College + 176 140 78.7 70.7-85.0 36 21.3 15.0-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 131 82.5 74.0-88.7 26 17.5 11.3-26.0
$50,000+ 95 75 76.5 65.3-85.0 20 23.5 15.0-34.7

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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