2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 331 284 78.5 71.3-84.2 47 21.5 15.8-28.7
GENDER
Male 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 200 180 85.0 76.0-91.1 20 15.0 8.9-24.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 176 150 79.8 70.8-86.6 26 20.2 13.4-29.2
Non-Hispanic Black 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 129 113 84.0 73.4-90.9 16 16.0 9.1-26.6
65+ 161 151 93.1 84.9-97.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 133 73.1 62.4-81.7 28 26.9 18.3-37.6
Some College + 169 150 84.1 74.2-90.7 19 15.9 9.3-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 149 72.5 62.2-80.8 33 27.5 19.2-37.8
$50,000+ 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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