2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 503 215 37.5 32.9-42.4 *** *** *** 280 60.9 56.0-65.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 224 89 31.6 25.1-38.9 *** *** *** 133 68.0 60.7-74.6 *** *** ***
Female 279 126 43.1 36.8-49.7 *** *** *** 147 54.3 47.6-60.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 138 39.2 33.3-45.4 *** *** *** 177 59.5 53.2-65.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 12 15.6 8.1-28.1 *** *** *** 48 84.4 71.9-91.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 159 25 13.4 8.7-20.0 *** *** *** 130 84.0 76.9-89.2 *** *** ***
45-64 163 73 44.5 36.1-53.3 *** *** *** 90 55.5 46.7-63.9 *** *** ***
65+ 165 110 68.9 59.8-76.8 *** *** *** 52 29.8 22.0-38.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 78 38.2 30.6-46.5 *** *** *** 94 60.8 52.4-68.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 135 60 37.9 29.1-47.5 *** *** *** 75 62.1 52.5-70.9 *** *** ***
College Graduate 189 76 36.3 29.3-44.0 *** *** *** 107 59.0 51.1-66.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 92 43.9 35.4-52.7 *** *** *** 90 55.1 46.2-63.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 187 67 29.8 23.0-37.5 *** *** *** 116 68.3 60.4-75.2 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 130 56 39.0 30.1-48.7 *** *** *** 73 59.6 49.9-68.7 *** *** ***

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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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