2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
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
Piedmont NC 2,042 754 35.3 32.5-38.2 10 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,251 63.1 60.2-65.9 27 1.1 0.6- 1.9
GENDER
Male 929 358 38.4 34.1-42.9 *** *** *** 552 59.9 55.4-64.3 *** *** ***
Female 1,113 396 32.4 28.9-36.2 *** *** *** 699 66.0 62.2-69.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,256 465 34.8 31.3-38.5 *** *** *** 765 63.0 59.3-66.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 388 191 48.2 41.7-54.8 *** *** *** 191 50.6 44.0-57.1 *** *** ***
Other 360 85 20.1 14.6-27.0 *** *** *** 270 79.3 72.5-84.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 469 51 12.2 8.5-17.1 *** *** *** 413 87.1 82.2-90.9 *** *** ***
35-44 298 64 24.6 18.6-31.8 *** *** *** 227 72.9 65.7-79.1 *** *** ***
45-54 334 105 34.7 27.8-42.2 *** *** *** 219 62.4 54.9-69.4 *** *** ***
55-64 344 175 53.9 46.5-61.2 *** *** *** 166 44.5 37.4-51.9 *** *** ***
65-74 314 194 65.1 57.8-71.8 *** *** *** 113 33.0 26.4-40.2 *** *** ***
75+ 247 157 62.4 53.3-70.7 *** *** *** 85 36.6 28.3-45.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 401 181 39.5 33.6-45.7 *** *** *** 211 57.1 50.8-63.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 482 179 31.8 26.7-37.2 *** *** *** 297 67.6 62.1-72.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 980 318 30.7 27.2-34.5 *** *** *** 641 67.7 63.9-71.2 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 587 306 51.3 45.6-57.0 *** *** *** 267 45.7 40.1-51.4 *** *** ***
No 1,385 426 29.0 25.8-32.5 *** *** *** 937 69.9 66.4-73.1 17 0.7 0.4- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 103 50.6 41.7-59.5 *** *** *** 108 48.4 39.6-57.3 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,820 648 33.5 30.6-36.6 *** *** *** 1,140 64.8 61.7-67.8 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,173 311 25.6 22.4-29.0 *** *** *** 839 72.4 68.9-75.6 *** *** ***
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 517 313 63.0 56.7-68.9 *** *** *** 194 35.7 29.8-42.0 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 99 69 77.9 67.5-85.7 *** *** *** 27 20.1 12.7-30.3 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 132 18 13.4 7.9-21.8 *** *** *** 113 86.3 78.0-91.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 161 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 223 91 40.6 32.5-49.3 *** *** *** 128 56.9 48.2-65.2 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 260 87 34.1 26.2-43.0 *** *** *** 167 63.7 54.9-71.7 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 736 231 28.8 24.7-33.3 *** *** *** 491 69.7 65.2-73.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 449 175 35.8 30.2-41.8 *** *** *** 268 63.2 57.2-68.8 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 109 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 125 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,150 405 33.1 29.6-36.9 *** *** *** 722 65.3 61.5-68.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 449 175 35.8 30.2-41.8 *** *** *** 268 63.2 57.2-68.8 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 1,262 515 37.8 34.2-41.6 *** *** *** 725 60.7 56.9-64.3 *** *** ***
Rent 610 179 30.3 25.4-35.6 *** *** *** 419 67.8 62.5-72.7 *** *** ***
Other arrangement 144 51 28.5 20.3-38.5 *** *** *** 90 69.0 59.0-77.5 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,163 386 29.8 26.6-33.3 *** *** *** 754 68.7 65.3-72.0 18 0.9 0.5- 1.6
Regional City or Suburban County 468 175 38.5 32.2-45.3 *** *** *** 283 58.8 52.1-65.2 *** *** ***
Rural 411 193 45.3 38.8-52.0 *** *** *** 214 54.0 47.3-60.5 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 727 294 36.3 31.5-41.4 *** *** *** 422 62.0 56.9-66.8 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,177 397 32.7 29.2-36.4 *** *** *** 754 65.5 61.7-69.0 *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 751 279 36.4 31.9-41.2 *** *** *** 454 61.9 57.1-66.5 14 1.0 0.6- 1.8
2nd Quartile 785 286 34.3 29.9-39.1 *** *** *** 487 63.9 59.2-68.4 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 439 157 31.7 26.2-37.8 *** *** *** 275 66.7 60.6-72.3 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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