2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 799 384 36.8 32.7-41.2 *** *** *** 402 61.4 57.0-65.6 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 334 140 34.3 28.3-40.8 *** *** *** 191 65.2 58.7-71.2 *** *** ***
Female 465 244 39.4 33.8-45.3 *** *** *** 211 57.6 51.6-63.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 206 37.8 32.6-43.2 *** *** *** 241 59.9 54.3-65.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 150 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 183 79 24.7 17.2-34.3 *** *** *** 102 74.0 64.4-81.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 226 31 9.5 6.2-14.5 *** *** *** 190 88.3 82.7-92.2 *** *** ***
45-64 241 125 53.9 45.9-61.6 *** *** *** 114 45.1 37.4-53.1 *** *** ***
65+ 310 217 65.2 57.7-72.0 *** *** *** 87 32.8 26.0-40.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 156 40.1 33.2-47.5 *** *** *** 138 58.6 51.3-65.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 218 106 36.1 29.0-44.0 *** *** *** 107 61.2 53.3-68.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 279 121 31.3 25.4-37.9 *** *** *** 154 67.1 60.4-73.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 328 174 37.3 31.1-44.1 *** *** *** 148 60.7 53.9-67.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 287 124 34.5 28.0-41.7 *** *** *** 159 63.8 56.5-70.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 182 84 40.1 30.9-50.1 *** *** *** 95 58.1 48.2-67.5 *** *** ***

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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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