2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 498 200 38.6 33.0-44.5 *** *** *** 290 59.5 53.5-65.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 232 93 41.5 33.5-50.1 *** *** *** 137 58.0 49.4-66.1 *** *** ***
Female 266 107 35.9 27.9-44.7 *** *** *** 153 60.8 51.9-69.1 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 161 41.0 34.5-47.8 *** *** *** 224 56.8 50.0-63.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 22 14.6 8.5-23.8 *** *** *** 52 84.5 75.1-90.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 142 25 12.9 8.3-19.6 *** *** *** 114 83.5 74.9-89.6 *** *** ***
45-64 175 78 49.2 39.6-58.8 *** *** *** 96 50.4 40.8-60.0 *** *** ***
65+ 172 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 83 49.8 39.8-59.7 *** *** *** 91 47.4 37.7-57.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 62 33.9 25.2-43.8 *** *** *** 68 65.8 56.0-74.5 *** *** ***
College Graduate 188 55 25.0 19.0-32.2 *** *** *** 129 72.5 65.2-78.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 *** *** *** *** *** *** 106 50.3 40.3-60.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 184 69 36.0 28.5-44.2 *** *** *** 113 63.4 55.2-70.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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