2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking prescription medicine for your high blood pressure?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,921 1,604 82.0 79.8-84.0 317 18.0 16.0-20.2
Medicaid Region 5 558 491 84.0 79.5-87.6 67 16.0 12.4-20.5
GENDER
Male 239 206 81.8 74.7-87.3 33 18.2 12.7-25.3
Female 319 285 86.0 80.0-90.5 34 14.0 9.5-20.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 280 245 85.1 79.3-89.5 35 14.9 10.5-20.7
Non-Hispanic Black 172 156 88.9 81.2-93.7 16 11.1 6.3-18.8
Other 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 187 160 84.6 77.6-89.7 27 15.4 10.3-22.4
65+ 300 281 92.8 87.9-95.8 19 7.2 4.2-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 222 195 83.9 76.5-89.4 27 16.1 10.6-23.5
Some Post-H.S. 163 138 80.7 72.1-87.1 25 19.3 12.9-27.9
College Graduate 173 158 89.4 82.3-93.8 15 10.6 6.2-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 221 81.0 73.0-87.0 30 19.0 13.0-27.0
$50,000+ 176 152 83.3 75.0-89.2 24 16.7 10.8-25.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 128 115 89.4 81.3-94.2 13 10.6 5.8-18.7

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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