2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,921 1,604 82.0 79.8-84.0 317 18.0 16.0-20.2
-Piedmont NC 824 653 79.3 75.9-82.3 171 20.7 17.7-24.1
GENDER
Male 432 328 76.2 71.3-80.6 104 23.8 19.4-28.7
Female 392 325 82.4 77.7-86.4 67 17.6 13.6-22.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 508 408 79.9 75.6-83.7 100 20.1 16.3-24.4
Non-Hispanic Black 220 180 82.4 76.0-87.3 40 17.6 12.7-24.0
Other 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 114 84 76.5 66.4-84.3 30 23.5 15.7-33.6
55-64 170 147 84.3 76.8-89.8 23 15.7 10.2-23.2
65-74 228 211 94.7 91.1-96.9 17 5.3 3.1- 8.9
75+ 149 133 90.0 83.2-94.2 16 10.0 5.8-16.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 67 82.2 71.4-89.5 16 17.8 10.5-28.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 198 162 80.2 72.9-85.9 36 19.8 14.1-27.1
Some Post-H.S. 222 179 81.7 75.4-86.7 43 18.3 13.3-24.6
College Graduate 319 243 73.5 67.6-78.6 76 26.5 21.4-32.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 334 286 84.4 79.2-88.5 48 15.6 11.5-20.8
No 478 359 75.8 71.1-80.0 119 24.2 20.0-28.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 108 85.3 75.3-91.7 19 14.7 8.3-24.7
Non-Veteran 695 543 78.2 74.5-81.5 152 21.8 18.5-25.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 332 222 68.7 62.8-74.0 110 31.3 26.0-37.2
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 331 304 92.7 88.4-95.4 27 7.3 4.6-11.6
Unable to Work 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 100 76 80.1 70.2-87.3 24 19.9 12.7-29.8
$35,000- 49,999 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 91 73 81.3 70.8-88.6 18 18.7 11.4-29.2
$75,000+ 239 177 71.7 64.5-78.1 62 28.3 21.9-35.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 147 87.4 80.7-92.0 24 12.6 8.0-19.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 411 315 74.6 69.3-79.3 96 25.4 20.7-30.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 147 87.4 80.7-92.0 24 12.6 8.0-19.3
HOUSING
Own 559 459 82.3 78.3-85.6 100 17.7 14.4-21.7
Rent 204 146 70.7 62.8-77.5 58 29.3 22.5-37.2
Other arrangement 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 416 309 74.2 69.1-78.6 107 25.8 21.4-30.9
Regional City or Suburban County 226 181 80.3 73.5-85.8 45 19.7 14.2-26.5
Rural 182 163 89.9 83.8-93.9 19 10.1 6.1-16.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 339 273 81.4 76.2-85.7 66 18.6 14.3-23.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 393 294 74.3 69.0-79.0 99 25.7 21.0-31.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 245 185 75.8 69.1-81.5 60 24.2 18.5-30.9
2nd Quartile 319 253 79.1 73.4-83.8 66 20.9 16.2-26.6
3rd Quartile 222 180 82.1 75.7-87.0 42 17.9 13.0-24.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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