2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 974 469 40.7 35.9-45.6 505 59.3 54.4-64.1
GENDER
Male 409 190 41.9 34.7-49.4 219 58.1 50.6-65.3
Female 565 279 39.6 33.4-46.0 286 60.4 54.0-66.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 174 39.6 33.5-46.0 235 60.4 54.0-66.5
Non-Hispanic Black 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 386 184 22.5 15.2-32.0 202 77.5 68.0-84.8
AGE
18-44 320 76 16.6 12.2-22.2 244 83.4 77.8-87.8
45-64 346 177 50.7 41.9-59.3 169 49.3 40.7-58.1
65+ 294 207 71.6 62.7-79.1 87 28.4 20.9-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 318 164 43.4 34.7-52.5 154 56.6 47.5-65.3
Some Post-H.S. 302 144 39.3 31.6-47.6 158 60.7 52.4-68.4
College Graduate 351 159 38.0 31.2-45.2 192 62.0 54.8-68.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 184 45.6 36.9-54.6 175 54.4 45.4-63.1
$50,000+ 394 173 38.7 32.1-45.7 221 61.3 54.3-67.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 212 *** *** *** 105 63.0 52.0-72.8

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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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