2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 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
-Piedmont NC 2,454 826 32.1 30.0-34.3 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 1,594 66.6 64.4-68.8 23 0.9 0.6- 1.4
GENDER
Male 1,185 433 34.2 31.1-37.4 *** *** *** 737 64.5 61.2-67.7 15 1.3 0.8- 2.3
Female 1,269 393 30.2 27.3-33.3 *** *** *** 857 68.5 65.4-71.5 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,564 509 32.0 29.4-34.8 *** *** *** 1,029 66.5 63.7-69.2 18 1.1 0.6- 1.7
Non-Hispanic Black 441 221 43.1 37.8-48.6 *** *** *** 216 55.9 50.4-61.3 *** *** ***
Other 395 81 16.1 12.4-20.6 *** *** *** 310 82.9 78.4-86.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 581 62 9.4 7.1-12.3 *** *** *** 512 89.6 86.6-92.0 *** *** ***
35-44 420 87 21.8 17.4-27.0 *** *** *** 326 76.9 71.7-81.4 *** *** ***
45-54 399 114 29.3 24.3-34.9 *** *** *** 278 68.8 63.2-73.9 *** *** ***
55-64 375 170 48.0 42.0-54.0 *** *** *** 201 50.8 44.8-56.8 *** *** ***
65-74 370 229 64.3 58.4-69.8 *** *** *** 134 34.1 28.7-40.0 *** *** ***
75+ 247 149 63.8 56.5-70.6 *** *** *** 97 36.1 29.4-43.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 83 39.1 31.5-47.2 *** *** *** 119 60.6 52.4-68.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 503 198 38.4 33.5-43.5 *** *** *** 295 59.7 54.6-64.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 615 223 31.4 27.5-35.7 *** *** *** 384 67.7 63.4-71.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 1,122 319 25.6 22.9-28.5 *** *** *** 788 72.9 70.0-75.6 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 650 335 48.8 44.2-53.3 *** *** *** 306 49.9 45.3-54.4 *** *** ***
No 1,749 479 26.3 23.9-28.8 *** *** *** 1,246 72.5 70.0-74.9 16 0.8 0.4- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 263 128 46.1 39.0-53.4 *** *** *** 132 52.2 44.9-59.3 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,176 696 30.7 28.5-33.1 *** *** *** 1,449 68.0 65.7-70.3 20 0.8 0.5- 1.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,431 332 23.0 20.6-25.7 *** *** *** 1,081 75.8 73.1-78.2 *** *** ***
Unemployed 132 39 26.5 18.6-36.3 *** *** *** 93 73.5 63.7-81.4 *** *** ***
Retired 557 332 61.2 56.2-65.9 *** *** *** 215 37.0 32.4-41.9 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 132 86 65.1 55.1-73.9 *** *** *** 44 33.6 24.9-43.5 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 172 27 12.9 8.4-19.3 *** *** *** 141 85.5 78.9-90.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 59 39.1 29.8-49.3 *** *** *** 78 60.2 50.0-69.5 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 186 71 36.8 29.0-45.5 *** *** *** 111 60.7 52.0-68.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 228 100 40.9 33.7-48.5 *** *** *** 127 58.6 51.0-65.9 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 248 93 35.1 28.3-42.5 *** *** *** 153 64.5 57.0-71.3 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 297 91 28.0 22.5-34.3 *** *** *** 196 69.4 63.1-75.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 841 239 26.9 23.6-30.5 *** *** *** 591 71.6 68.0-75.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 516 173 33.6 28.8-38.7 *** *** *** 338 65.7 60.5-70.5 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 180 67 30.7 23.2-39.4 *** *** *** 109 66.7 57.9-74.6 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 180 69 39.0 31.0-47.6 *** *** *** 110 60.8 52.2-68.7 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 185 77 40.1 32.0-48.8 *** *** *** 106 58.9 50.2-67.1 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,304 411 29.5 26.7-32.4 *** *** *** 871 68.9 65.9-71.8 15 1.1 0.7- 1.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 516 173 33.6 28.8-38.7 *** *** *** 338 65.7 60.5-70.5 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,534 561 35.1 32.3-38.0 *** *** *** 949 63.5 60.6-66.3 19 1.1 0.7- 1.8
Rent 721 204 26.2 22.6-30.2 *** *** *** 507 72.4 68.4-76.0 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 163 50 25.4 18.7-33.5 *** *** *** 113 74.6 66.5-81.3 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,371 417 28.6 25.9-31.4 *** *** *** 933 70.1 67.2-72.8 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 627 227 35.9 31.6-40.5 *** *** *** 395 63.1 58.5-67.5 *** *** ***
Rural 456 182 36.9 31.8-42.4 *** *** *** 266 61.6 56.1-66.8 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 208 92 39.6 31.9-47.9 *** *** *** 115 60.0 51.7-67.7 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 918 340 35.5 31.9-39.3 *** *** *** 558 62.6 58.8-66.3 14 1.4 0.8- 2.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,328 394 28.7 26.0-31.7 *** *** *** 921 70.2 67.3-73.0 *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 822 245 29.6 26.0-33.5 *** *** *** 567 69.1 65.2-72.7 *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 947 320 30.9 27.6-34.3 *** *** *** 612 67.8 64.3-71.1 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 612 223 36.9 32.2-41.8 *** *** *** 380 62.0 57.0-66.7 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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