2021 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 4,925 1,923 34.7 33.1-36.4 3,002 65.3 63.6-66.9
Medicaid Region 6 666 282 36.1 31.9-40.6 384 63.9 59.4-68.1
GENDER
Male 297 110 30.7 24.9-37.1 187 69.3 62.9-75.1
Female 369 172 41.5 35.4-47.8 197 58.5 52.2-64.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 176 37.6 32.2-43.4 235 62.4 56.6-67.8
Non-Hispanic Black 147 81 42.5 33.1-52.4 66 57.5 47.6-66.9
Other 91 20 16.5 9.9-26.2 71 83.5 73.8-90.1
AGE
18-44 219 31 11.0 7.4-16.0 188 89.0 84.0-92.6
45-64 218 99 47.7 39.9-55.7 119 52.3 44.3-60.1
65+ 209 144 70.3 62.2-77.3 65 29.7 22.7-37.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 105 37.2 30.6-44.4 134 62.8 55.6-69.4
Some Post-H.S. 185 82 35.5 27.8-44.1 103 64.5 55.9-72.2
College Graduate 235 93 35.0 28.3-42.4 142 65.0 57.6-71.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 123 41.5 34.3-49.0 130 58.5 51.0-65.7
$50,000+ 252 93 30.1 23.8-37.3 159 69.9 62.7-76.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 158 65 37.3 28.5-46.9 93 62.7 53.1-71.5

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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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