2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 680 258 36.4 31.9-41.1 *** *** *** 406 61.8 57.1-66.3 12 1.1 0.6- 2.1
GENDER
Male 308 128 42.1 35.2-49.3 *** *** *** 171 56.5 49.3-63.4 *** *** ***
Female 372 130 31.0 25.5-37.0 *** *** *** 235 66.8 60.6-72.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 378 129 34.6 28.8-40.9 *** *** *** 239 62.9 56.5-68.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 144 81 52.3 42.0-62.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 145 41 18.7 12.3-27.4 *** *** *** 100 79.7 70.9-86.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 265 41 17.8 12.3-24.9 *** *** *** 219 80.7 73.4-86.3 *** *** ***
45-64 227 99 45.8 37.8-54.0 *** *** *** 124 53.0 44.8-61.1 *** *** ***
65+ 183 118 66.6 57.4-74.7 *** *** *** 58 29.7 22.0-38.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 85 44.2 35.2-53.6 *** *** *** 91 54.3 44.9-63.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 151 62 36.3 27.4-46.3 *** *** *** 85 61.7 51.7-70.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 349 111 29.8 24.4-35.7 *** *** *** 228 68.2 62.2-73.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 178 86 48.1 38.4-57.9 *** *** *** 88 49.3 39.6-59.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 368 118 31.4 25.6-37.8 *** *** *** 239 66.6 60.2-72.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 130 54 37.8 28.3-48.3 *** *** *** 75 61.6 51.1-71.2 *** *** ***

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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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