2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 531 235 40.7 35.6-46.1 296 59.3 53.9-64.4
GENDER
Male 237 112 43.9 36.4-51.8 125 56.1 48.2-63.6
Female 294 123 37.6 30.8-44.9 171 62.4 55.1-69.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 138 36.1 30.1-42.5 189 63.9 57.5-69.9
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 30 18.8 12.5-27.3 148 81.2 72.7-87.5
45-64 179 89 53.5 44.6-62.2 90 46.5 37.8-55.4
65+ 173 115 66.2 56.2-74.9 58 33.8 25.1-43.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 86 40.3 31.8-49.4 90 59.7 50.6-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 169 79 46.9 37.9-56.1 90 53.1 43.9-62.1
College Graduate 183 69 31.0 23.7-39.3 114 69.0 60.7-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 92 50.3 41.3-59.3 97 49.7 40.7-58.7
$50,000+ 234 96 36.7 29.6-44.4 138 63.3 55.6-70.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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