2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 334 288 81.4 75.2-86.3 46 18.6 13.7-24.8
GENDER
Male 146 120 76.3 66.5-83.9 26 23.7 16.1-33.5
Female 188 168 87.2 79.8-92.2 20 12.8 7.8-20.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 196 166 79.0 70.9-85.3 30 21.0 14.7-29.1
Non-Hispanic Black 126 114 86.4 74.6-93.3 12 13.6 6.7-25.4
Other 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 135 115 84.8 76.6-90.5 20 15.2 9.5-23.4
65+ 166 157 94.8 89.2-97.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 133 86.6 77.9-92.3 17 13.4 7.7-22.1
Some College + 183 154 75.6 66.2-83.0 29 24.4 17.0-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 148 83.7 74.1-90.2 19 16.3 9.8-25.9
$50,000+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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