2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 717 331 38.9 34.6-43.4 *** *** *** 379 59.5 54.9-63.9 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 314 131 37.7 31.5-44.3 *** *** *** 182 62.0 55.4-68.3 *** *** ***
Female 403 200 40.2 34.2-46.4 *** *** *** 197 56.9 50.6-63.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 176 38.2 32.8-43.8 *** *** *** 224 60.7 55.0-66.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 175 79 30.8 22.9-40.0 *** *** *** 94 64.6 54.1-73.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 231 40 18.0 12.8-24.7 *** *** *** 186 79.3 72.2-85.0 *** *** ***
45-64 253 129 50.4 42.8-58.0 *** *** *** 123 49.2 41.6-56.8 *** *** ***
65+ 230 161 67.0 58.7-74.4 *** *** *** 68 32.1 24.8-40.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 161 43.4 36.6-50.5 *** *** *** 144 54.3 47.1-61.2 *** *** ***
Some College + 408 169 35.0 29.6-40.8 *** *** *** 235 64.0 58.2-69.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 182 42.3 36.0-48.9 *** *** *** 185 55.1 48.5-61.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 204 81 36.1 28.8-44.2 *** *** *** 121 62.9 54.9-70.4 *** *** ***

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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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