2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 687 231 32.5 28.6-36.7 *** *** *** 440 65.0 60.7-69.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 332 101 29.9 24.5-35.9 *** *** *** 229 69.3 63.2-74.8 *** *** ***
Female 355 130 34.9 29.4-40.9 *** *** *** 211 61.1 55.0-66.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 461 148 30.3 25.7-35.3 *** *** *** 303 67.5 62.4-72.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 111 52 41.5 31.7-51.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 115 31 27.1 18.8-37.4 *** *** *** 81 70.9 60.5-79.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 283 43 17.3 12.7-23.2 *** *** *** 229 78.6 72.4-83.7 *** *** ***
45-64 228 91 39.8 32.7-47.4 *** *** *** 135 60.0 52.4-67.1 *** *** ***
65+ 160 92 59.0 49.7-67.7 *** *** *** 66 40.1 31.4-49.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 89 40.2 32.9-47.9 *** *** *** 126 58.5 50.8-65.9 *** *** ***
Some College + 469 142 27.7 23.4-32.5 *** *** *** 313 69.1 64.1-73.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 110 36.6 30.3-43.3 *** *** *** 157 60.2 53.3-66.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 290 86 29.8 24.0-36.3 *** *** *** 196 67.5 60.8-73.5 *** *** ***

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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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