2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Hypertension Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No Borderline high or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,901 2,002 34.7 33.1-36.5 33 1.0 0.7- 1.5 2,822 63.2 61.5-65.0 44 1.0 0.7- 1.5
Region 1 & 2 813 359 37.8 33.1-42.6 *** *** *** 442 60.2 55.2-65.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 358 162 37.9 31.1-45.2 *** *** *** 194 59.6 52.0-66.8 *** *** ***
Female 455 197 37.6 31.5-44.2 *** *** *** 248 60.7 54.2-67.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 714 326 38.2 33.3-43.3 *** *** *** 378 59.6 54.3-64.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 18 13.6 7.0-24.8 *** *** *** 49 85.4 74.2-92.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 203 33 15.0 9.6-22.7 *** *** *** 169 84.3 76.6-89.9 *** *** ***
45-64 279 123 43.9 35.4-52.8 *** *** *** 151 52.2 43.4-60.8 *** *** ***
65+ 322 201 63.9 56.6-70.5 *** *** *** 115 34.3 27.8-41.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 286 137 41.9 34.1-50.2 *** *** *** 144 55.0 46.8-63.0 *** *** ***
Some College + 524 222 34.5 29.4-40.1 *** *** *** 296 64.7 59.1-69.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 382 183 42.4 35.4-49.7 *** *** *** 193 56.9 49.6-63.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 274 104 28.0 21.4-35.7 *** *** *** 167 68.5 59.6-76.1 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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