2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 504 228 39.6 33.0-46.5 276 60.4 53.5-67.0
GENDER
Male 210 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 294 130 37.0 29.8-44.8 164 63.0 55.2-70.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 413 183 41.8 34.5-49.4 230 58.2 50.6-65.5
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 121 19 14.3 8.3-23.3 102 85.7 76.7-91.7
45-64 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 208 131 63.6 53.1-73.0 77 36.4 27.0-46.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 156 71 35.1 26.0-45.6 85 64.9 54.4-74.0
College Graduate 206 85 36.2 28.4-44.7 121 63.8 55.3-71.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 207 83 30.3 23.3-38.5 124 69.7 61.5-76.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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