2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Hypertension Awareness

Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,266 1,674 35.1 33.5-36.8 2,592 64.9 63.2-66.5
Medicaid Region 1 527 204 36.0 31.2-41.2 323 64.0 58.8-68.8
GENDER
Male 269 99 33.7 27.4-40.8 170 66.3 59.2-72.6
Female 258 105 38.2 31.2-45.7 153 61.8 54.3-68.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 424 169 37.0 31.7-42.7 255 63.0 57.3-68.3
Non-Hispanic Black 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 11 14.9 7.4-27.7 50 85.1 72.3-92.6
AGE
18-44 158 19 13.5 8.2-21.5 139 86.5 78.5-91.8
45-64 183 82 43.5 34.6-53.0 101 56.5 47.0-65.4
65+ 177 100 57.8 48.6-66.5 77 42.2 33.5-51.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 79 44.1 35.5-53.2 97 55.9 46.8-64.5
Some Post-H.S. 154 54 30.8 23.1-39.7 100 69.2 60.3-76.9
College Graduate 197 71 30.7 24.2-38.1 126 69.3 61.9-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 103 41.3 33.8-49.3 130 58.7 50.7-66.2
$50,000+ 172 50 26.4 19.7-34.5 122 73.6 65.5-80.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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