2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking prescription medicine for your high blood pressure?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,921 1,604 82.0 79.8-84.0 317 18.0 16.0-20.2
Region 8 384 342 85.5 79.9-89.8 42 14.5 10.2-20.1
GENDER
Male 140 125 84.6 74.6-91.2 15 15.4 8.8-25.4
Female 244 217 86.3 79.3-91.2 27 13.7 8.8-20.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 206 183 86.4 79.0-91.5 23 13.6 8.5-21.0
Non-Hispanic Black 96 87 89.2 76.7-95.4 *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 125 107 85.2 76.3-91.1 18 14.8 8.9-23.7
65+ 217 206 95.9 91.3-98.1 11 4.1 1.9- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 141 89.4 80.8-94.5 15 10.6 5.5-19.2
Some Post-H.S. 106 89 78.3 66.3-86.9 17 21.7 13.1-33.7
College Graduate 121 111 88.3 77.9-94.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 156 87.0 78.6-92.4 18 13.0 7.6-21.4
$50,000+ 124 107 80.1 68.6-88.1 17 19.9 11.9-31.4
Don't know/Not Sure 84 77 92.1 81.2-96.9 *** *** ***

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

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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