2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 706 233 33.0 29.2-37.2 *** *** *** 462 65.1 61.0-69.1 11 1.8 0.9- 3.5
GENDER
Male 348 118 33.6 28.1-39.6 *** *** *** 224 64.6 58.6-70.2 *** *** ***
Female 358 115 32.5 27.2-38.4 *** *** *** 238 65.7 59.7-71.1 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 405 131 30.9 25.9-36.3 *** *** *** 268 67.6 62.1-72.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 150 74 49.6 40.6-58.6 *** *** *** 73 48.0 39.0-57.0 *** *** ***
Other 136 25 16.9 11.1-24.8 *** *** *** 109 81.0 72.7-87.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 311 55 16.5 12.4-21.6 *** *** *** 252 82.2 76.9-86.4 *** *** ***
45-64 242 89 39.7 32.8-47.1 *** *** *** 149 58.3 51.0-65.3 *** *** ***
65+ 138 87 64.3 54.6-73.0 *** *** *** 48 32.8 24.5-42.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 73 38.2 30.8-46.1 *** *** *** 116 59.5 51.5-67.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 146 54 34.9 26.8-43.9 *** *** *** 90 63.8 54.7-72.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 362 104 27.0 22.4-32.3 *** *** *** 252 71.2 65.9-76.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 86 39.4 32.1-47.2 *** *** *** 122 56.8 48.9-64.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 352 101 28.6 23.4-34.5 *** *** *** 245 70.0 64.2-75.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 138 45 34.1 25.7-43.5 *** *** *** 93 65.9 56.5-74.3 *** *** ***

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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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