2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 498 200 38.6 33.0-44.5 298 61.4 55.5-67.0
Region 3 479 186 36.4 31.5-41.6 293 63.6 58.4-68.5
Region 4 737 245 32.0 28.3-35.9 492 68.0 64.1-71.7
Region 5 668 230 33.0 28.9-37.3 438 67.0 62.7-71.1
Region 6 535 230 36.8 32.3-41.6 305 63.2 58.4-67.7
Region 7 706 233 33.0 29.2-37.2 473 67.0 62.8-70.8
Region 8 799 384 36.8 32.7-41.2 415 63.2 58.8-67.3
Region 9 & 10 503 215 37.5 32.9-42.4 288 62.5 57.6-67.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,851 843 37.7 35.0-40.5 1,008 62.3 59.5-65.0
Piedmont 2,454 826 32.1 30.0-34.3 1,628 67.9 65.7-70.0
Western NC 620 254 38.9 33.9-44.1 366 61.1 55.9-66.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 411 157 37.5 31.2-44.3 254 62.5 55.7-68.8
Northwest 722 291 36.6 32.4-41.0 431 63.4 59.0-67.6
Charlotte 595 190 31.0 27.0-35.3 405 69.0 64.7-73.0
Greensboro 517 178 32.3 27.7-37.2 339 67.7 62.8-72.3
Southern Regional 786 386 38.0 33.8-42.3 400 62.0 57.7-66.2
Southeast 371 159 39.0 33.3-44.9 212 61.0 55.1-66.7
Wake 821 264 32.4 28.8-36.2 557 67.6 63.8-71.2
Area L & Eastern 702 298 37.1 32.8-41.5 404 62.9 58.5-67.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 523 209 38.4 33.0-44.1 314 61.6 55.9-67.0
Region 2 746 280 34.7 30.7-38.9 466 65.3 61.1-69.3
Region 3 751 252 31.7 28.1-35.5 499 68.3 64.5-71.9
Region 4 1,052 342 32.5 29.3-35.8 710 67.5 64.2-70.7
Region 5 1,187 558 38.6 35.3-42.1 629 61.4 57.9-64.7
Region 6 666 282 36.1 31.9-40.6 384 63.9 59.4-68.1

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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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