2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 479 186 36.4 31.5-41.6 293 63.6 58.4-68.5
GENDER
Male 218 94 41.5 34.4-48.9 124 58.5 51.1-65.6
Female 261 92 31.8 25.2-39.1 169 68.2 60.9-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 368 133 34.9 29.6-40.6 235 65.1 59.4-70.4
Non-Hispanic Black 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 28 15.2 10.0-22.4 128 84.8 77.6-90.0
45-64 174 71 44.6 36.4-53.1 103 55.4 46.9-63.6
65+ 141 83 60.7 51.0-69.6 58 39.3 30.4-49.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 68 41.3 33.1-50.0 89 58.7 50.0-66.9
Some Post-H.S. 152 63 34.2 26.2-43.3 89 65.8 56.7-73.8
College Graduate 170 55 31.3 23.9-39.8 115 68.7 60.2-76.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 75 40.2 31.4-49.7 92 59.8 50.3-68.6
$50,000+ 201 72 33.4 26.5-41.0 129 66.6 59.0-73.5
Don't know/Not Sure 110 *** *** *** 71 65.0 54.0-74.6

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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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