2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 605 227 34.8 30.7-39.1 378 65.2 60.9-69.3
GENDER
Male 298 118 38.2 32.3-44.5 180 61.8 55.5-67.7
Female 307 109 31.6 26.1-37.7 198 68.4 62.3-73.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 142 34.8 29.6-40.3 219 65.2 59.7-70.4
Non-Hispanic Black 129 57 43.3 34.2-52.8 72 56.7 47.2-65.8
Other 115 28 21.1 14.1-30.3 87 78.9 69.7-85.9
AGE
18-44 227 39 19.6 14.4-26.1 188 80.4 73.9-85.6
45-64 211 88 40.2 33.1-47.7 123 59.8 52.3-66.9
65+ 152 95 63.0 53.7-71.5 57 37.0 28.5-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 79 40.1 32.5-48.3 102 59.9 51.7-67.5
Some Post-H.S. 173 69 36.5 29.1-44.7 104 63.5 55.3-70.9
College Graduate 251 79 27.5 22.0-33.7 172 72.5 66.3-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 86 39.2 32.1-46.9 127 60.8 53.1-67.9
$50,000+ 256 85 31.0 25.1-37.5 171 69.0 62.5-74.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 125 54 37.4 28.4-47.5 71 62.6 52.5-71.6

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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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