2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 371 170 42.4 36.0-49.1 *** *** *** 196 56.3 49.6-62.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 156 76 46.2 36.4-56.3 *** *** *** 77 51.8 41.7-61.8 *** *** ***
Female 215 94 38.9 30.7-47.7 *** *** *** 119 60.5 51.6-68.7 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 235 102 37.8 30.4-45.8 *** *** *** 130 60.7 52.6-68.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 132 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 136 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 137 49 27.7 19.8-37.4 *** *** *** 87 71.6 61.9-79.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 165 71 38.4 29.7-47.8 *** *** *** 90 59.1 49.6-68.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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