2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 974 469 40.7 35.9-45.6 *** *** *** 490 57.3 52.3-62.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 409 190 41.9 34.7-49.4 *** *** *** 215 56.9 49.4-64.2 *** *** ***
Female 565 279 39.6 33.4-46.0 *** *** *** 275 57.6 51.1-63.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 174 39.6 33.5-46.0 *** *** *** 227 58.0 51.6-64.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 165 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 386 184 22.5 15.2-32.0 *** *** *** 197 75.1 65.1-83.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 320 76 16.6 12.2-22.2 *** *** *** 241 82.1 76.3-86.7 *** *** ***
45-64 346 177 50.7 41.9-59.3 *** *** *** 163 45.9 37.4-54.7 *** *** ***
65+ 294 207 71.6 62.7-79.1 *** *** *** 81 26.5 19.2-35.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 318 164 43.4 34.7-52.5 *** *** *** 149 54.7 45.6-63.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 302 144 39.3 31.6-47.6 *** *** *** 151 58.0 49.6-65.9 *** *** ***
College Graduate 351 159 38.0 31.2-45.2 *** *** *** 189 60.6 53.3-67.5 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 184 45.6 36.9-54.6 *** *** *** 170 53.2 44.2-61.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 394 173 38.7 32.1-45.7 *** *** *** 217 59.9 52.9-66.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 212 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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