2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 1,997 1,662 80.0 77.4-82.3 335 20.0 17.7-22.6
Region 1 & 2 359 306 83.8 77.5-88.6 53 16.2 11.4-22.5
GENDER
Male 162 134 82.6 73.5-89.0 28 17.4 11.0-26.5
Female 197 172 84.9 75.3-91.3 25 15.1 8.7-24.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 281 84.7 78.0-89.6 45 15.3 10.4-22.0
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 123 94 82.1 72.2-89.1 29 17.9 10.9-27.8
65+ 201 192 96.1 87.3-98.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 120 84.8 74.6-91.3 17 15.2 8.7-25.4
Some College + 222 186 82.8 74.2-88.9 36 17.2 11.1-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 153 83.8 74.9-90.0 30 16.2 10.0-25.1
$50,000+ 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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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