2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,925 1,923 34.7 33.1-36.4 3,002 65.3 63.6-66.9
Medicaid Region 1 523 209 38.4 33.0-44.1 314 61.6 55.9-67.0
GENDER
Male 243 97 41.0 33.2-49.2 146 59.0 50.8-66.8
Female 280 112 36.0 28.2-44.5 168 64.0 55.5-71.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 417 170 40.6 34.4-47.2 247 59.4 52.8-65.6
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 22 14.4 8.4-23.7 53 85.6 76.3-91.6
AGE
18-44 147 26 13.1 8.4-19.7 121 86.9 80.3-91.6
45-64 188 82 48.3 39.2-57.5 106 51.7 42.5-60.8
65+ 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 84 49.0 39.2-58.8 97 51.0 41.2-60.8
Some Post-H.S. 140 67 35.3 26.7-45.0 73 64.7 55.0-73.3
College Graduate 200 58 24.5 18.7-31.5 142 75.5 68.5-81.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 93 46.2 36.6-56.1 114 53.8 43.9-63.4
$50,000+ 198 72 34.3 27.2-42.2 126 65.7 57.8-72.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

***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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