2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking prescription medicine for your high blood pressure?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,921 1,604 82.0 79.8-84.0 317 18.0 16.0-20.2
GENDER
Male 896 720 79.2 75.8-82.2 176 20.8 17.8-24.2
Female 1,025 884 84.8 81.8-87.3 141 15.2 12.7-18.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,799 1,525 83.6 81.4-85.5 274 16.4 14.5-18.6
No 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 341 281 80.5 74.6-85.3 60 19.5 14.7-25.4
Overweight 599 497 81.7 77.7-85.2 102 18.3 14.8-22.3
Obese 827 693 81.9 78.4-84.9 134 18.1 15.1-21.6
Current Smoker
Yes 267 217 79.6 73.2-84.8 50 20.4 15.2-26.8
No 1,616 1,358 82.4 80.0-84.6 258 17.6 15.4-20.0
History of CVD**
Yes 414 374 90.2 86.1-93.1 40 9.8 6.9-13.9
No 1,480 1,205 79.5 76.9-82.0 275 20.5 18.0-23.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 176 124 70.0 61.7-77.2 52 30.0 22.8-38.3
No 1,634 1,389 83.5 81.1-85.6 245 16.5 14.4-18.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,729 1,454 82.7 80.4-84.8 275 17.3 15.2-19.6
COPD
Yes 239 208 85.9 79.6-90.5 31 14.1 9.5-20.4
No 1,669 1,383 81.3 78.8-83.4 286 18.7 16.6-21.2
Current Asthma
Yes 206 182 85.7 78.4-90.8 24 14.3 9.2-21.6
No 1,707 1,418 81.7 79.4-83.9 289 18.3 16.1-20.6
Diabetes
Yes 515 477 92.0 88.8-94.4 38 8.0 5.6-11.2
No 1,404 1,126 78.3 75.5-80.9 278 21.7 19.1-24.5
Functional Disability
Yes 873 768 86.5 83.4-89.1 105 13.5 10.9-16.6
No 1,014 808 78.2 74.9-81.1 206 21.8 18.9-25.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 984 884 89.1 86.5-91.2 100 10.9 8.8-13.5
No 937 720 75.0 71.4-78.2 217 25.0 21.8-28.6

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

**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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