2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,798 762 40.0 36.9-43.3 *** *** *** 1,006 58.5 55.2-61.6 30 1.5 0.9- 2.5
Female 2,279 935 35.2 32.5-38.1 21 1.1 0.6- 1.8 1,306 63.0 60.1-65.7 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,430 971 37.9 35.3-40.5 15 0.7 0.4- 1.4 1,413 60.1 57.4-62.7 31 1.3 0.8- 2.1
Non-Hispanic Black 699 382 51.7 46.6-56.7 *** *** *** 305 46.9 41.9-52.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 347 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 165 45 22.1 14.0-33.0 *** *** *** 119 77.6 66.7-85.7 *** *** ***
Hispanic 375 89 18.3 14.4-23.0 *** *** *** 283 81.2 76.5-85.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 811 92 12.3 9.4-15.9 *** *** *** 710 86.8 83.1-89.8 *** *** ***
35-44 584 149 24.5 19.9-29.7 *** *** *** 423 73.4 68.1-78.1 *** *** ***
45-54 627 230 36.2 31.0-41.7 *** *** *** 386 61.9 56.4-67.2 *** *** ***
55-64 746 402 56.9 51.7-62.0 *** *** *** 330 40.6 35.7-45.7 12 2.3 1.0- 5.2
65-74 724 455 64.9 59.8-69.8 *** *** *** 259 33.7 28.9-38.8 *** *** ***
75+ 526 350 63.8 57.4-69.7 *** *** *** 164 34.5 28.6-40.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 324 158 48.4 40.6-56.3 *** *** *** 163 51.0 43.2-58.8 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 884 411 38.3 34.1-42.8 *** *** *** 456 58.9 54.4-63.3 12 1.8 0.8- 3.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,126 498 38.0 34.3-41.8 *** *** *** 609 60.7 56.8-64.5 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6
College Graduate 1,722 623 32.4 29.6-35.4 *** *** *** 1,070 66.2 63.2-69.0 22 1.0 0.6- 1.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,313 737 52.7 48.8-56.6 *** *** *** 552 44.8 41.0-48.7 14 1.7 0.8- 3.4
No 2,629 909 30.8 28.4-33.4 *** *** *** 1,682 68.0 65.4-70.4 28 0.7 0.5- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 516 255 48.0 42.1-53.9 *** *** *** 252 51.1 45.2-56.9 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 3,543 1,434 36.1 33.9-38.4 20 0.6 0.4- 1.0 2,051 62.1 59.8-64.4 38 1.1 0.7- 1.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,167 648 27.2 24.8-29.9 11 0.7 0.3- 1.3 1,483 70.9 68.2-73.4 25 1.2 0.7- 2.1
Unemployed 186 71 34.0 25.1-44.1 *** *** *** 114 66.0 55.9-74.9 *** *** ***
Retired 1,142 721 63.5 59.2-67.7 *** *** *** 399 34.6 30.6-38.9 17 1.5 0.8- 2.7
Unable to Work 290 192 69.6 61.7-76.5 *** *** *** 93 28.9 22.1-36.8 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 234 44 15.5 10.5-22.2 *** *** *** 187 83.8 77.1-88.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 204 99 39.6 31.2-48.6 *** *** *** 102 59.3 50.4-67.7 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 280 137 52.2 42.9-61.3 *** *** *** 138 47.0 38.0-56.2 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 377 180 41.6 34.4-49.2 *** *** *** 189 56.7 49.1-64.0 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 489 217 42.4 36.5-48.6 *** *** *** 266 55.6 49.4-61.6 *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 546 204 34.2 28.5-40.4 *** *** *** 327 62.5 56.3-68.3 11 2.7 1.3- 5.4
$75,000-100,000 425 176 36.0 29.9-42.6 *** *** *** 243 62.5 55.9-68.7 *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 463 157 29.4 24.3-35.0 *** *** *** 301 69.9 64.2-75.0 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 418 139 33.0 27.3-39.3 *** *** *** 270 65.5 59.3-71.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 875 388 37.3 33.0-41.8 *** *** *** 476 61.3 56.8-65.6 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 309 143 41.0 33.1-49.4 *** *** *** 160 57.0 48.6-65.0 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 259 109 37.5 28.0-48.1 *** *** *** 147 62.3 51.7-71.8 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 301 132 44.7 37.0-52.8 *** *** *** 159 51.0 43.2-58.8 *** *** ***
More than 200% 2,197 874 36.3 33.6-39.1 *** *** *** 1,286 62.1 59.3-64.9 29 1.2 0.7- 1.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 875 388 37.3 33.0-41.8 *** *** *** 476 61.3 56.8-65.6 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 2,676 1,238 41.3 38.6-44.0 14 0.5 0.2- 0.8 1,392 57.0 54.3-59.7 32 1.2 0.8- 2.0
Rent 1,082 341 29.2 25.6-33.1 *** *** *** 724 69.3 65.3-73.0 11 0.5 0.3- 0.9
Other arrangement 273 100 28.3 22.0-35.7 *** *** *** 168 69.8 62.4-76.3 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,256 417 30.4 27.2-33.7 *** *** *** 813 68.1 64.7-71.3 19 0.9 0.5- 1.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,010 373 36.9 32.6-41.3 *** *** *** 622 61.4 57.0-65.7 11 1.4 0.6- 3.2
Rural 1,811 907 44.9 41.5-48.4 *** *** *** 877 53.4 50.0-56.9 17 1.0 0.6- 1.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,309 637 45.2 41.1-49.4 *** *** *** 658 53.8 49.6-57.9 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,148 504 38.4 34.4-42.5 *** *** *** 624 59.6 55.5-63.6 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,620 556 32.9 29.9-36.0 *** *** *** 1,030 65.4 62.2-68.4 25 1.2 0.6- 2.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,252 478 36.3 32.8-39.9 *** *** *** 745 61.8 58.2-65.3 20 1.0 0.6- 1.6
2nd Quartile 1,085 401 34.2 30.4-38.2 *** *** *** 668 64.2 60.1-68.1 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 1,025 426 38.6 34.7-42.6 *** *** *** 586 60.2 56.1-64.1 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 715 392 51.1 44.2-57.9 *** *** *** 313 47.1 40.3-54.0 *** *** ***

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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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