2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Hypertension Awareness

Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,077 1,697 37.5 35.5-39.7 2,380 62.5 60.3-64.5
Medicaid Region 2 579 243 38.9 33.7-44.3 336 61.1 55.7-66.3
GENDER
Male 249 109 41.1 33.8-48.9 140 58.9 51.1-66.2
Female 330 134 36.8 29.9-44.3 196 63.2 55.7-70.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 186 42.6 36.6-48.9 224 57.4 51.1-63.4
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 30 17.2 11.0-25.9 154 82.8 74.1-89.0
45-64 204 90 47.5 38.7-56.4 114 52.5 43.6-61.3
65+ 180 122 69.7 59.4-78.4 58 30.3 21.6-40.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 83 40.9 32.1-50.3 104 59.1 49.7-67.9
Some Post-H.S. 142 64 40.5 31.1-50.6 78 59.5 49.4-68.9
College Graduate 246 93 33.4 26.7-41.0 153 66.6 59.0-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 84 44.0 35.1-53.3 102 56.0 46.7-64.9
$50,000+ 246 93 35.5 28.0-43.9 153 64.5 56.1-72.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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