2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 668 230 33.0 28.9-37.3 *** *** *** 433 66.3 61.9-70.4 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 320 124 37.7 31.7-44.1 *** *** *** 194 61.9 55.5-67.9 *** *** ***
Female 348 106 28.7 23.4-34.7 *** *** *** 239 70.2 64.2-75.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 138 35.4 30.0-41.2 *** *** *** 269 63.7 57.9-69.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 140 63 37.8 29.4-47.0 *** *** *** 77 62.2 53.0-70.6 *** *** ***
Other 104 26 17.0 10.5-26.2 *** *** *** 77 81.9 72.5-88.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 268 38 13.8 9.7-19.1 *** *** *** 227 85.3 79.8-89.5 *** *** ***
45-64 214 86 41.0 33.5-49.0 *** *** *** 128 59.0 51.0-66.5 *** *** ***
65+ 169 103 63.2 54.4-71.2 *** *** *** 65 36.4 28.5-45.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 70 40.3 32.0-49.1 *** *** *** 106 58.3 49.4-66.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 161 60 30.1 23.0-38.2 *** *** *** 101 69.9 61.8-77.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 326 99 28.0 23.1-33.6 *** *** *** 225 71.3 65.7-76.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 89 33.7 27.2-40.9 *** *** *** 146 65.7 58.5-72.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 290 95 32.4 26.5-38.9 *** *** *** 193 66.7 60.2-72.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 138 46 33.5 24.2-44.3 *** *** *** 91 65.8 55.0-75.2 *** *** ***

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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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