2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,294 897 35.7 33.4-38.2 *** *** *** 1,370 63.2 60.7-65.5 27 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Female 2,631 1,026 33.8 31.6-36.1 28 1.2 0.7- 1.9 1,558 64.4 62.0-66.6 19 0.7 0.4- 1.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,112 1,172 35.2 33.1-37.3 20 0.8 0.4- 1.3 1,884 63.1 61.0-65.1 36 1.0 0.7- 1.5
Non-Hispanic Black 909 499 45.4 41.4-49.5 *** *** *** 402 53.7 49.6-57.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 144 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 80 32 25.9 17.1-37.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 110 19 14.6 8.3-24.4 *** *** *** 90 84.8 74.9-91.2 *** *** ***
Hispanic 476 89 14.8 11.6-18.9 *** *** *** 384 84.4 80.3-87.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 1,021 106 8.7 7.0-10.7 14 1.3 0.7- 2.6 894 89.3 87.0-91.2 *** *** ***
35-44 742 164 22.0 18.6-25.9 *** *** *** 568 76.9 73.1-80.4 *** *** ***
45-54 774 264 33.1 29.3-37.2 *** *** *** 499 65.3 61.2-69.2 *** *** ***
55-64 825 424 52.9 48.6-57.1 *** *** *** 394 46.1 41.9-50.4 *** *** ***
65-74 888 551 63.3 59.1-67.2 *** *** *** 320 34.9 31.0-38.9 15 1.7 0.9- 3.2
75+ 555 377 68.0 62.7-72.9 *** *** *** 172 31.3 26.5-36.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 450 202 43.6 37.8-49.6 *** *** *** 243 55.2 49.2-61.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,147 510 39.4 36.0-42.9 *** *** *** 619 58.9 55.3-62.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 1,311 550 33.9 30.9-36.9 *** *** *** 741 64.9 61.8-67.9 14 0.9 0.5- 1.6
College Graduate 1,991 655 27.8 25.7-30.0 11 0.7 0.3- 1.3 1,305 70.4 68.2-72.6 20 1.1 0.7- 1.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,513 874 52.3 49.0-55.5 *** *** *** 616 46.1 42.9-49.4 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1
No 3,304 1,015 27.3 25.5-29.2 19 0.7 0.4- 1.2 2,243 71.3 69.4-73.1 27 0.7 0.4- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 645 315 45.3 40.7-50.0 *** *** *** 326 53.6 48.9-58.2 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 4,252 1,602 33.3 31.6-35.1 28 0.7 0.4- 1.1 2,581 65.1 63.4-66.9 41 0.8 0.6- 1.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,653 704 24.0 22.1-25.9 17 0.6 0.4- 1.0 1,913 74.7 72.8-76.6 19 0.7 0.4- 1.1
Unemployed 251 89 29.1 22.9-36.2 *** *** *** 161 70.6 63.5-76.8 *** *** ***
Retired 1,307 823 63.8 60.4-67.1 *** *** *** 463 34.7 31.4-38.1 19 1.4 0.8- 2.3
Unable to Work 343 232 67.3 60.9-73.1 *** *** *** 106 30.7 25.0-37.1 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 310 53 11.9 8.6-16.2 *** *** *** 248 84.7 79.5-88.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 288 149 45.5 37.8-53.4 *** *** *** 135 53.1 45.3-60.8 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 455 210 39.2 33.6-45.1 *** *** *** 237 59.0 53.1-64.7 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 506 232 42.3 36.9-47.9 *** *** *** 262 54.5 48.9-60.0 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 523 217 35.7 30.9-40.7 *** *** *** 303 64.0 58.9-68.8 *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 613 224 30.7 26.5-35.2 *** *** *** 375 67.4 62.8-71.7 *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 496 170 30.8 26.2-35.9 *** *** *** 321 68.2 63.1-72.9 *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 532 186 32.9 28.4-37.8 *** *** *** 338 65.2 60.2-69.8 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 430 115 23.1 18.9-27.9 *** *** *** 307 75.3 70.4-79.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,082 420 35.8 32.2-39.5 *** *** *** 650 63.4 59.7-67.0 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 112 40 26.5 18.0-37.2 *** *** *** 72 73.5 62.8-82.0 *** *** ***
50% to 100% 391 179 39.3 33.0-46.0 *** *** *** 204 58.2 51.5-64.6 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 407 167 36.5 30.8-42.5 *** *** *** 234 61.3 55.2-67.2 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 408 179 40.5 34.6-46.7 *** *** *** 220 57.4 51.2-63.4 *** *** ***
More than 200% 2,477 918 32.5 30.4-34.8 14 0.6 0.3- 1.0 1,521 66.0 63.8-68.2 24 0.9 0.6- 1.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,082 420 35.8 32.2-39.5 *** *** *** 650 63.4 59.7-67.0 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 3,191 1,368 38.8 36.7-40.9 14 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,775 59.7 57.6-61.8 34 1.0 0.6- 1.4
Rent 1,333 423 26.6 23.9-29.5 13 1.1 0.6- 2.0 888 71.6 68.7-74.4 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 336 107 23.6 18.8-29.2 *** *** *** 225 75.3 69.6-80.2 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,519 474 29.0 26.4-31.7 *** *** *** 1,020 69.5 66.7-72.1 17 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Regional City or Suburban County 1,317 494 34.8 31.7-37.9 *** *** *** 811 64.4 61.2-67.4 *** *** ***
Rural 2,089 955 40.0 37.3-42.8 16 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,097 58.0 55.2-60.8 21 1.0 0.6- 1.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,342 649 41.2 37.6-44.9 *** *** *** 676 57.5 53.8-61.1 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,954 765 35.8 33.2-38.4 16 1.0 0.5- 2.0 1,149 62.1 59.4-64.8 24 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,629 509 29.9 27.3-32.5 *** *** *** 1,103 69.1 66.5-71.7 13 0.7 0.4- 1.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,504 510 32.1 29.2-35.1 *** *** *** 974 66.3 63.3-69.2 16 1.0 0.5- 1.8
2nd Quartile 1,296 464 32.5 29.7-35.6 *** *** *** 810 66.1 63.1-69.0 13 0.8 0.4- 1.4
3rd Quartile 1,395 568 38.0 34.9-41.3 *** *** *** 805 60.3 57.1-63.5 13 1.1 0.6- 2.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 730 381 41.4 36.4-46.5 *** *** *** 339 57.3 52.2-62.3 *** *** ***

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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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