2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 961 339 34.7 30.9-38.6 622 65.3 61.4-69.1
GENDER
Male 441 165 39.2 33.4-45.3 276 60.8 54.7-66.6
Female 520 174 30.4 25.9-35.4 346 69.6 64.6-74.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 572 193 33.3 28.7-38.2 379 66.7 61.8-71.3
Non-Hispanic Black 185 96 52.1 43.0-61.2 89 47.9 38.8-57.0
Other 188 44 17.0 11.7-24.1 144 83.0 75.9-88.3
AGE
18-44 379 47 14.8 10.7-20.2 332 85.2 79.8-89.3
45-64 311 130 44.2 37.4-51.2 181 55.8 48.8-62.6
65+ 259 161 68.2 60.4-75.1 98 31.8 24.9-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 104 42.7 35.0-50.9 131 57.3 49.1-65.0
Some Post-H.S. 213 84 34.1 26.9-42.1 129 65.9 57.9-73.1
College Graduate 508 151 28.9 24.3-33.9 357 71.1 66.1-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 107 42.1 34.5-50.1 138 57.9 49.9-65.5
$50,000+ 527 163 30.1 25.3-35.3 364 69.9 64.7-74.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 180 67 39.3 30.7-48.6 113 60.7 51.4-69.3

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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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