2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 503 159 31.9 27.3-36.9 344 68.1 63.1-72.7
GENDER
Male 233 75 30.5 23.9-37.9 158 69.5 62.1-76.1
Female 270 84 33.3 27.1-40.0 186 66.7 60.0-72.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 313 96 29.2 23.9-35.1 217 70.8 64.9-76.1
Non-Hispanic Black 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 18 15.7 9.5-25.0 69 84.3 75.0-90.5
AGE
18-44 216 29 13.4 9.0-19.5 187 86.6 80.5-91.0
45-64 179 72 42.6 34.1-51.5 107 57.4 48.5-65.9
65+ 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 127 44 31.7 23.4-41.3 83 68.3 58.7-76.6
College Graduate 268 81 30.2 24.7-36.5 187 69.8 63.5-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 43 32.7 23.9-42.8 93 67.3 57.2-76.1
$50,000+ 267 91 33.8 27.6-40.7 176 66.2 59.3-72.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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