2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Hypertension Awareness

Are you currently taking prescription medicine for your high blood pressure?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,694 1,392 79.1 75.6-82.1 302 20.9 17.9-24.4
GENDER
Male 760 605 75.8 70.4-80.4 155 24.2 19.6-29.6
Female 934 787 82.5 78.1-86.1 147 17.5 13.9-21.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,581 1,325 80.8 77.2-84.0 256 19.2 16.0-22.8
No 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 260 195 74.8 64.6-82.9 65 25.2 17.1-35.4
Overweight 537 437 75.3 68.0-81.4 100 24.7 18.6-32.0
Obese 740 628 82.3 78.0-86.0 112 17.7 14.0-22.0
Current Smoker
Yes 240 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,394 1,174 82.6 79.2-85.5 220 17.4 14.5-20.8
History of CVD**
Yes 342 306 92.1 88.3-94.8 36 7.9 5.2-11.7
No 1,339 1,077 75.7 71.6-79.4 262 24.3 20.6-28.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,420 1,194 81.0 77.1-84.3 226 19.0 15.7-22.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,490 1,230 79.2 75.4-82.5 260 20.8 17.5-24.6
COPD
Yes 225 192 84.7 76.7-90.3 33 15.3 9.7-23.3
No 1,462 1,195 78.4 74.6-81.7 267 21.6 18.3-25.4
Current Asthma
Yes 236 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,450 1,198 79.6 76.0-82.8 252 20.4 17.2-24.0
Diabetes
Yes 431 398 93.5 90.3-95.8 33 6.5 4.2- 9.7
No 1,261 994 74.3 70.0-78.2 267 25.7 21.8-30.0
Functional Disability
Yes 737 607 78.8 73.9-83.1 130 21.2 16.9-26.1
No 906 741 79.3 74.2-83.6 165 20.7 16.4-25.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 761 660 87.5 84.1-90.3 101 12.5 9.7-15.9
No 933 732 73.0 67.8-77.6 201 27.0 22.4-32.2

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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