2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 737 245 32.0 28.3-35.9 *** *** *** 482 66.8 62.9-70.5 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 357 119 32.3 27.0-38.1 *** *** *** 232 66.1 60.3-71.5 *** *** ***
Female 380 126 31.7 26.8-37.1 *** *** *** 250 67.5 62.0-72.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 157 32.4 27.9-37.4 *** *** *** 304 66.0 61.1-70.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 132 65 42.3 33.2-51.9 *** *** *** 66 57.3 47.7-66.4 *** *** ***
Other 119 19 14.5 8.6-23.5 *** *** *** 98 84.2 75.2-90.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 296 36 11.9 8.4-16.7 *** *** *** 255 86.8 81.9-90.5 *** *** ***
45-64 230 86 40.6 33.7-48.0 *** *** *** 140 57.9 50.6-64.9 *** *** ***
65+ 187 118 68.0 60.2-74.8 *** *** *** 68 31.5 24.7-39.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 222 91 38.4 31.5-45.8 *** *** *** 128 60.6 53.2-67.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 199 74 33.6 27.0-41.0 *** *** *** 122 65.2 57.8-72.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 312 79 22.1 17.8-27.2 *** *** *** 229 76.3 71.2-80.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 96 40.4 33.2-47.9 *** *** *** 126 59.1 51.5-66.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 355 93 24.5 19.8-29.9 *** *** *** 255 73.6 68.1-78.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 152 53 35.3 27.1-44.5 *** *** *** 98 64.2 55.0-72.4 *** *** ***

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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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