2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4,077 1,697 37.5 35.5-39.7 21 0.6 0.3- 0.9 2,312 60.8 58.7-62.9 47 1.1 0.7- 1.6
Medicaid Region 4 961 339 34.7 30.9-38.6 *** *** *** 598 63.4 59.4-67.1 18 1.1 0.7- 1.8
GENDER
Male 441 165 39.2 33.4-45.3 *** *** *** 262 59.2 53.1-65.0 14 1.6 0.9- 2.9
Female 520 174 30.4 25.9-35.4 *** *** *** 336 67.3 62.2-72.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 572 193 33.3 28.7-38.2 *** *** *** 364 64.3 59.2-69.0 11 1.2 0.6- 2.2
Non-Hispanic Black 185 96 52.1 43.0-61.2 *** *** *** 84 46.2 37.2-55.4 *** *** ***
Other 188 44 17.0 11.7-24.1 *** *** *** 140 81.8 74.6-87.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 379 47 14.8 10.7-20.2 *** *** *** 323 82.9 77.4-87.3 *** *** ***
45-64 311 130 44.2 37.4-51.2 *** *** *** 175 54.5 47.5-61.3 *** *** ***
65+ 259 161 68.2 60.4-75.1 *** *** *** 89 29.3 22.6-37.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 104 42.7 35.0-50.9 *** *** *** 126 54.5 46.4-62.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 213 84 34.1 26.9-42.1 *** *** *** 126 65.2 57.2-72.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 508 151 28.9 24.3-33.9 *** *** *** 341 68.9 63.9-73.6 14 1.8 1.0- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 107 42.1 34.5-50.1 *** *** *** 131 55.2 47.2-63.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 527 163 30.1 25.3-35.3 *** *** *** 350 67.9 62.6-72.8 11 1.2 0.6- 2.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 180 67 39.3 30.7-48.6 *** *** *** 110 59.5 50.2-68.1 *** *** ***

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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.

Sub-Group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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