2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
Region 4 580 206 33.6 28.6-39.0 *** *** *** 367 65.2 59.7-70.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 269 95 34.2 26.5-42.8 *** *** *** 170 64.0 55.4-71.8 *** *** ***
Female 311 111 33.0 26.7-40.0 *** *** *** 197 66.3 59.3-72.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 345 116 31.9 25.4-39.1 *** *** *** 223 66.4 59.1-72.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 123 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 101 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 225 38 18.1 12.2-26.1 *** *** *** 185 81.3 73.4-87.3 *** *** ***
45-64 186 79 45.0 35.2-55.2 *** *** *** 104 52.7 42.6-62.5 *** *** ***
65+ 157 85 52.9 42.7-62.8 *** *** *** 70 46.1 36.2-56.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 70 39.4 29.9-49.8 *** *** *** 97 59.0 48.7-68.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 156 58 31.1 22.9-40.6 *** *** *** 95 68.1 58.5-76.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 252 77 29.7 23.1-37.3 *** *** *** 172 69.1 61.5-75.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 70 40.0 30.1-50.8 *** *** *** 100 57.7 47.0-67.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 263 76 29.3 22.4-37.2 *** *** *** 184 69.9 62.0-76.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 136 55 33.2 24.3-43.3 *** *** *** 80 66.4 56.2-75.2 *** *** ***

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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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