2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 579 243 38.9 33.7-44.3 *** *** *** 330 59.8 54.3-65.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 249 109 41.1 33.8-48.9 *** *** *** 138 57.5 49.7-64.9 *** *** ***
Female 330 134 36.8 29.9-44.3 *** *** *** 192 61.8 54.4-68.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 186 42.6 36.6-48.9 *** *** *** 220 55.9 49.5-62.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 30 17.2 11.0-25.9 *** *** *** 153 81.9 73.2-88.3 *** *** ***
45-64 204 90 47.5 38.7-56.4 *** *** *** 110 49.6 40.8-58.4 *** *** ***
65+ 180 122 69.7 59.4-78.4 *** *** *** 57 30.0 21.3-40.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 83 40.9 32.1-50.3 *** *** *** 100 56.2 46.8-65.1 *** *** ***
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 *** *** *** 151 66.0 58.5-72.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 84 44.0 35.1-53.3 *** *** *** 100 55.7 46.4-64.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 246 93 35.5 28.0-43.9 *** *** *** 150 62.3 53.9-70.0 *** *** ***
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.

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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