2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,925 1,923 34.7 33.1-36.4 3,002 65.3 63.6-66.9
GENDER
Male 2,294 897 35.7 33.4-38.2 1,397 64.3 61.8-66.6
Female 2,631 1,026 33.8 31.6-36.1 1,605 66.2 63.9-68.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,333 1,799 37.1 35.3-38.8 2,534 62.9 61.2-64.7
No 482 95 18.1 14.5-22.4 387 81.9 77.6-85.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,287 341 23.1 20.3-26.2 946 76.9 73.8-79.7
Overweight 1,541 599 34.2 31.4-37.1 942 65.8 62.9-68.6
Obese 1,587 828 47.3 44.2-50.5 759 52.7 49.5-55.8
Current Smoker
Yes 649 267 34.7 30.4-39.2 382 65.3 60.8-69.6
No 4,163 1,618 34.9 33.2-36.7 2,545 65.1 63.3-66.8
History of CVD**
Yes 531 414 78.2 73.5-82.2 117 21.8 17.8-26.5
No 4,343 1,482 29.8 28.2-31.5 2,861 70.2 68.5-71.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 669 176 24.5 20.9-28.4 493 75.5 71.6-79.1
No 3,937 1,636 37.0 35.2-38.9 2,301 63.0 61.1-64.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 76 27.6 21.9-34.1 177 72.4 65.9-78.1
No 4,345 1,731 35.5 33.8-37.3 2,614 64.5 62.7-66.2
COPD
Yes 369 239 59.5 52.4-66.2 130 40.5 33.8-47.6
No 4,535 1,671 32.6 30.9-34.2 2,864 67.4 65.8-69.1
Current Asthma
Yes 427 206 39.0 33.4-45.0 221 61.0 55.0-66.6
No 4,481 1,709 34.3 32.6-36.0 2,772 65.7 64.0-67.4
Diabetes
Yes 681 516 74.1 69.7-78.0 165 25.9 22.0-30.3
No 4,239 1,405 29.0 27.3-30.7 2,834 71.0 69.3-72.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,513 874 52.3 49.0-55.5 639 47.7 44.5-51.0
No 3,304 1,015 27.3 25.5-29.2 2,289 72.7 70.8-74.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,509 985 62.4 59.3-65.5 524 37.6 34.5-40.7
No 3,415 938 24.2 22.4-25.9 2,477 75.8 74.1-77.6

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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