2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No Borderline high or pre-hypertensive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,925 1,923 34.7 33.1-36.4 28 0.6 0.4- 1.0 2,928 63.8 62.1-65.4 46 0.9 0.6- 1.2
-Eastern NC 1,851 843 37.7 35.0-40.5 *** *** *** 980 60.6 57.8-63.4 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 817 344 36.1 32.2-40.3 *** *** *** 464 63.0 58.8-67.0 *** *** ***
Female 1,034 499 39.1 35.5-42.9 *** *** *** 516 58.3 54.4-62.1 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,041 454 37.5 34.0-41.2 *** *** *** 568 60.5 56.8-64.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 444 262 47.2 41.2-53.3 *** *** *** 178 51.9 45.8-57.9 *** *** ***
Other 335 118 22.2 17.1-28.3 *** *** *** 213 75.9 69.6-81.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 345 34 8.0 5.5-11.6 *** *** *** 301 89.1 85.0-92.1 *** *** ***
35-44 247 57 22.0 16.6-28.6 *** *** *** 187 77.2 70.5-82.7 *** *** ***
45-54 264 109 39.6 32.8-46.8 *** *** *** 153 59.4 52.2-66.3 *** *** ***
55-64 333 190 60.2 53.6-66.4 *** *** *** 141 39.3 33.1-45.8 *** *** ***
65-74 395 264 64.9 58.7-70.6 *** *** *** 123 32.3 26.8-38.2 *** *** ***
75+ 221 168 75.6 66.9-82.6 *** *** *** 51 23.7 16.7-32.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 88 49.0 39.4-58.8 *** *** *** 81 47.3 37.7-57.2 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 500 239 36.2 31.5-41.3 *** *** *** 257 63.2 58.1-68.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 521 245 37.4 32.5-42.6 *** *** *** 267 60.7 55.4-65.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 644 268 34.5 30.3-39.0 *** *** *** 365 63.4 58.8-67.7 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 643 408 53.8 48.6-58.8 *** *** *** 226 44.0 38.9-49.2 *** *** ***
No 1,166 420 30.1 27.0-33.4 *** *** *** 731 68.7 65.3-71.8 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 314 147 40.4 34.2-47.0 *** *** *** 166 58.8 52.2-65.1 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,528 694 37.2 34.2-40.3 *** *** *** 807 60.9 57.7-64.0 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 915 283 25.9 22.7-29.5 *** *** *** 620 72.6 69.1-76.0 *** *** ***
Unemployed 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 553 383 69.1 63.9-73.8 *** *** *** 163 29.8 25.2-35.0 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 156 109 67.1 57.1-75.8 *** *** *** 45 29.7 21.5-39.5 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** 82 86.9 77.8-92.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 194 109 42.9 33.3-52.9 *** *** *** 82 55.7 45.5-65.4 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 198 97 41.6 33.5-50.3 *** *** *** 95 53.4 44.7-61.9 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 218 95 33.3 26.6-40.6 *** *** *** 122 66.5 59.1-73.1 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 236 98 30.5 23.6-38.5 *** *** *** 136 68.7 60.6-75.7 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 467 181 34.6 29.7-39.9 *** *** *** 277 63.4 58.1-68.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 424 193 40.7 34.9-46.7 *** *** *** 227 58.3 52.3-64.2 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 80 51.6 41.1-61.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 161 73 32.8 24.2-42.7 *** *** *** 84 64.5 54.2-73.6 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 182 81 35.5 27.7-44.1 *** *** *** 98 62.1 53.3-70.2 *** *** ***
More than 200% 883 388 36.4 32.6-40.4 *** *** *** 482 62.1 58.0-66.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 424 193 40.7 34.9-46.7 *** *** *** 227 58.3 52.3-64.2 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,236 626 43.2 39.7-46.8 *** *** *** 594 55.6 52.0-59.1 *** *** ***
Rent 454 159 26.8 22.3-31.8 *** *** *** 286 70.3 65.1-75.1 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 139 47 22.0 15.4-30.5 *** *** *** 89 75.1 66.1-82.3 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 148 57 36.9 28.5-46.2 *** *** *** 87 59.0 49.5-67.8 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 512 211 34.8 30.2-39.7 *** *** *** 297 64.5 59.6-69.2 *** *** ***
Rural 1,191 575 39.2 35.7-42.9 *** *** *** 596 58.8 55.0-62.4 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 942 467 39.1 35.0-43.4 *** *** *** 461 58.9 54.6-63.1 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 729 311 36.2 32.3-40.3 *** *** *** 406 62.0 57.8-66.0 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 180 65 36.8 28.9-45.5 *** *** *** 113 62.6 54.0-70.5 *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 370 149 36.9 31.3-42.9 *** *** *** 216 61.5 55.5-67.2 *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 220 82 34.7 27.9-42.2 *** *** *** 135 64.6 57.1-71.5 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 604 269 37.7 33.3-42.4 *** *** *** 325 59.8 55.1-64.4 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 657 343 39.6 34.3-45.1 *** *** *** 304 58.9 53.3-64.2 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

Sub-group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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