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

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%)
North Carolina 4,925 1,923 34.7 33.1-36.4 3,002 65.3 63.6-66.9
Region 1 & 2 498 200 38.6 33.0-44.5 298 61.4 55.5-67.0
GENDER
Male 232 93 41.5 33.5-50.1 139 58.5 49.9-66.5
Female 266 107 35.9 27.9-44.7 159 64.1 55.3-72.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 161 41.0 34.5-47.8 231 59.0 52.2-65.5
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 22 14.6 8.5-23.8 53 85.4 76.2-91.5
AGE
18-44 142 25 12.9 8.3-19.6 117 87.1 80.4-91.7
45-64 175 78 49.2 39.6-58.8 97 50.8 41.2-60.4
65+ 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 83 49.8 39.8-59.7 94 50.2 40.3-60.2
Some Post-H.S. 131 62 33.9 25.2-43.8 69 66.1 56.2-74.8
College Graduate 188 55 25.0 19.0-32.2 133 75.0 67.8-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 184 69 36.0 28.5-44.2 115 64.0 55.8-71.5
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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