2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

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
Region 6 429 177 37.2 32.2-42.5 252 62.8 57.5-67.8
GENDER
Male 181 81 41.2 33.2-49.6 100 58.8 50.4-66.8
Female 248 96 33.5 27.5-40.1 152 66.5 59.9-72.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 230 93 35.8 29.2-43.0 137 64.2 57.0-70.8
Non-Hispanic Black 126 67 47.2 37.3-57.4 59 52.8 42.6-62.7
Other 73 17 21.8 13.3-33.7 56 78.2 66.3-86.7
AGE
18-44 166 28 16.9 11.6-24.1 138 83.1 75.9-88.4
45-64 139 69 50.6 41.6-59.6 70 49.4 40.4-58.4
65+ 118 77 67.7 57.1-76.8 41 32.3 23.2-42.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 76 43.2 35.0-51.9 93 56.8 48.1-65.0
Some Post-H.S. 137 61 35.6 27.5-44.5 76 64.4 55.5-72.5
College Graduate 122 40 27.2 19.9-36.1 82 72.8 63.9-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 86 43.3 35.5-51.5 104 56.7 48.5-64.5
$50,000+ 142 47 26.5 19.5-35.0 95 73.5 65.0-80.5
Don't know/Not Sure 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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