2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 699 333 37.5 31.9-43.4 *** *** *** 354 59.3 53.4-65.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 292 136 39.6 31.4-48.4 *** *** *** 154 59.2 50.3-67.5 *** *** ***
Female 407 197 35.4 28.1-43.4 *** *** *** 200 59.4 51.4-67.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 292 120 35.4 28.7-42.7 *** *** *** 165 61.4 54.1-68.3 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 315 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 212 45 14.7 9.4-22.4 *** *** *** 164 83.3 75.2-89.1 *** *** ***
45-64 256 *** *** *** *** *** *** 121 46.1 36.0-56.6 *** *** ***
65+ 224 152 65.9 55.7-74.9 *** *** *** 67 30.0 21.7-39.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 130 39.3 30.0-49.4 *** *** *** 116 57.8 47.5-67.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 210 97 37.9 28.3-48.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 236 105 34.2 26.1-43.4 *** *** *** 130 64.2 54.8-72.5 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 135 42.3 32.7-52.6 *** *** *** 127 55.2 45.0-64.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 269 116 37.8 29.4-47.0 *** *** *** 149 59.6 50.5-68.1 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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