2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 479 186 36.4 31.5-41.6 *** *** *** 278 61.1 55.9-66.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 218 94 41.5 34.4-48.9 *** *** *** 121 57.1 49.7-64.2 *** *** ***
Female 261 92 31.8 25.2-39.1 *** *** *** 157 64.8 57.2-71.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 368 133 34.9 29.6-40.6 *** *** *** 221 62.0 56.3-67.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 28 15.2 10.0-22.4 *** *** *** 124 83.3 76.0-88.7 *** *** ***
45-64 174 71 44.6 36.4-53.1 *** *** *** 97 51.5 43.1-59.8 *** *** ***
65+ 141 83 60.7 51.0-69.6 *** *** *** 53 36.9 28.2-46.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 68 41.3 33.1-50.0 *** *** *** 84 56.2 47.4-64.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 152 63 34.2 26.2-43.3 *** *** *** 83 63.3 54.2-71.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 170 55 31.3 23.9-39.8 *** *** *** 111 66.3 57.7-73.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 75 40.2 31.4-49.7 *** *** *** 88 58.3 48.8-67.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 201 72 33.4 26.5-41.0 *** *** *** 122 63.4 55.7-70.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 110 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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