2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 744 338 39.6 35.4-44.0 *** *** *** 394 57.9 53.4-62.2 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 313 149 44.4 37.9-51.1 *** *** *** 161 54.3 47.6-60.8 *** *** ***
Female 431 189 35.3 29.9-41.0 *** *** *** 233 61.2 55.3-66.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 476 199 37.7 32.5-43.1 *** *** *** 271 60.6 55.1-65.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 214 127 49.4 40.8-58.0 *** *** *** 81 45.9 37.3-54.7 *** *** ***
Other 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 32 15.1 10.4-21.5 *** *** *** 176 80.9 73.8-86.4 *** *** ***
45-64 264 135 52.4 45.0-59.6 *** *** *** 125 46.2 38.9-53.6 *** *** ***
65+ 257 169 67.5 60.1-74.1 *** *** *** 85 31.2 24.7-38.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 151 43.5 36.9-50.3 *** *** *** 142 53.5 46.6-60.2 *** *** ***
Some College + 441 186 36.5 31.3-42.1 *** *** *** 249 61.4 55.7-66.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 344 169 42.0 35.8-48.6 *** *** *** 171 55.8 49.2-62.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 252 102 36.6 29.8-43.9 *** *** *** 148 61.8 54.4-68.7 *** *** ***

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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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