2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 535 230 36.8 32.3-41.6 *** *** *** 301 62.4 57.6-67.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 261 120 39.7 33.0-46.8 *** *** *** 138 59.3 52.1-66.1 *** *** ***
Female 274 110 34.1 28.1-40.7 *** *** *** 163 65.4 58.8-71.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 108 30.4 25.0-36.4 *** *** *** 180 68.5 62.3-74.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 147 91 54.4 44.8-63.7 *** *** *** 56 45.6 36.3-55.2 *** *** ***
Other 87 28 24.3 15.7-35.7 *** *** *** 58 74.6 63.1-83.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 205 32 14.9 10.3-21.0 *** *** *** 170 83.7 77.4-88.5 *** *** ***
45-64 160 80 49.6 40.8-58.4 *** *** *** 79 50.1 41.3-58.9 *** *** ***
65+ 161 114 71.0 62.4-78.4 *** *** *** 47 29.0 21.6-37.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 93 41.5 33.9-49.6 *** *** *** 105 58.5 50.4-66.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 169 71 31.9 24.8-39.8 *** *** *** 95 66.3 58.2-73.5 *** *** ***
College Graduate 165 66 37.1 29.3-45.6 *** *** *** 98 62.4 53.9-70.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 100 41.3 33.9-49.1 *** *** *** 101 58.1 50.2-65.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 215 74 28.3 22.2-35.3 *** *** *** 138 70.3 63.1-76.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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