2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 579 209 36.9 31.8-42.3 *** *** *** 359 61.6 56.2-66.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 257 94 40.3 32.9-48.1 *** *** *** 158 58.7 50.9-66.1 *** *** ***
Female 322 115 33.9 27.2-41.3 *** *** *** 201 64.3 56.9-71.1 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 136 36.5 30.6-42.9 *** *** *** 220 61.8 55.3-67.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 24 15.7 9.5-24.7 *** *** *** 182 82.5 73.5-88.8 *** *** ***
45-64 192 81 46.0 37.5-54.7 *** *** *** 108 53.4 44.7-61.9 *** *** ***
65+ 163 102 70.5 60.6-78.8 *** *** *** 57 27.8 19.8-37.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 69 43.3 33.4-53.7 *** *** *** 87 54.4 44.1-64.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 50 34.0 24.9-44.5 *** *** *** 81 66.0 55.5-75.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 283 89 33.1 26.6-40.4 *** *** *** 187 65.3 58.1-71.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 65 41.8 32.6-51.5 *** *** *** 89 56.6 47.0-65.8 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 283 91 32.5 25.4-40.5 *** *** *** 188 65.9 57.9-73.1 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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