2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 401 184 43.9 37.1-50.9 *** *** *** 212 55.4 48.4-62.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 183 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 218 101 40.0 31.8-48.7 *** *** *** 114 59.4 50.6-67.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 198 85 41.5 33.0-50.5 *** *** *** 111 58.1 49.1-66.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 170 40 17.9 12.3-25.4 *** *** *** 130 82.1 74.6-87.7 *** *** ***
45-64 127 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 130 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 150 68 42.5 32.9-52.7 *** *** *** 80 56.6 46.4-66.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 179 78 39.6 30.7-49.3 *** *** *** 100 60.3 50.6-69.2 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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