2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 668 230 33.0 28.9-37.3 438 67.0 62.7-71.1
GENDER
Male 320 124 37.7 31.7-44.1 196 62.3 55.9-68.3
Female 348 106 28.7 23.4-34.7 242 71.3 65.3-76.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 138 35.4 30.0-41.2 273 64.6 58.8-70.0
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 78 83.0 73.8-89.5
AGE
18-44 268 38 13.8 9.7-19.1 230 86.2 80.9-90.3
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 66 36.8 28.8-45.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 70 40.3 32.0-49.1 109 59.7 50.9-68.0
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 23.1-33.6 227 72.0 66.4-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 89 33.7 27.2-40.9 148 66.3 59.1-72.8
$50,000+ 290 95 32.4 26.5-38.9 195 67.6 61.1-73.5
Don't know/Not Sure 138 46 33.5 24.2-44.3 92 66.5 55.7-75.8

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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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