Adults Who Have Ever Been Told by a Doctor that They Have Hypertension
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2023
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.344594573 0.008996613 0.637927242 0.008481572 Alabama 0.447345307 0.02108757 0.524447591 0.007119532 Alaska 0.338330552 0.016040306 0.635084059 0.010545083 Arizona 0.334498403 0.009944969 0.649687769 0.005868859 Arkansas 0.424568713 0.011396018 0.555727474 0.008307795 California 0.30639445 0.00540962 0.678478083 0.009717848 Colorado 0.273366905 0.008590312 0.713105011 0.004937772 Connecticut 0.319980018 0.008197631 0.665628747 0.006193603 Delaware 0.37844673 0.011602617 0.596730833 0.01321982 District of Columbia 0.290594205 NSD 0.694054778 0.007677718 Florida 0.358736309 0.007675727 0.62612429 0.007463674 Georgia 0.356621933 0.012151772 0.626512965 0.00471333 Hawaii 0.323887689 0.011553003 0.651417731 0.013141577 Idaho 0.311938897 0.013648814 0.659374036 0.015038252 Illinois 0.334787694 0.009410241 0.645602464 0.010199601 Indiana 0.376305396 0.010368234 0.607656219 0.00567015 Iowa 0.34543645 0.011790758 0.631971622 0.01080117 Kansas 0.346753818 0.011435402 0.631225612 0.010585168 Kentucky N/A N/A N/A N/A Louisiana 0.43349153 0.011058934 0.550330023 0.005119513 Maine 0.357883667 0.00761718 0.62256498 0.011934174 Maryland 0.357954671 0.008811438 0.620995707 0.012238184 Massachusetts 0.309588005 0.008973186 0.672495706 0.008943103 Michigan 0.369745599 0.008519435 0.614481872 0.007253093 Minnesota 0.310746193 0.005856744 0.673254752 0.010142311 Mississippi 0.4604366 0.015505654 0.512613644 0.011444102 Missouri 0.361997791 0.010553592 0.614197789 0.013250828 Montana 0.321833738 0.010049119 0.658021294 0.010095849 Nebraska 0.327352402 0.013186929 0.65343897 0.0060217 Nevada 0.339870942 0.005858959 0.645343461 0.008926638 New Hampshire 0.333318509 0.006949524 0.651836671 0.007895296 New Jersey 0.334262611 0.007133055 0.652253003 0.006351332 New Mexico 0.341486209 NSD 0.648220431 0.005936537 New York 0.320659748 0.008674943 0.662883974 0.007781336 North Carolina 0.37534857 0.0055102 0.60823235 0.01090888 North Dakota 0.317635852 0.014137147 0.662422868 0.005804133 Ohio 0.371456244 0.008435467 0.611326615 0.008781674 Oklahoma 0.384326533 0.009299751 0.595895271 0.010478445 Oregon 0.335197926 0.011510088 0.644636661 0.008655324 Pennsylvania N/A N/A N/A N/A Rhode Island 0.339562285 0.008348985 0.647746104 0.004342626 South Carolina 0.388509133 0.013260334 0.593325754 0.004904779 South Dakota 0.351812566 NSD 0.636720822 0.007503844 Tennessee 0.40727361 0.00936673 0.576659455 0.006700204 Texas 0.322982678 0.010490114 0.657632365 0.008894842 Utah 0.273142741 0.01432456 0.704003276 0.008529423 Vermont 0.324527307 0.006144303 0.659112773 0.010215617 Virginia 0.355759253 0.0105784 0.622456999 0.011205348 Washington 0.306415999 0.009476148 0.675050426 0.009057426 West Virginia 0.450809107 0.009952998 0.528987932 0.010249963 Wisconsin 0.330808758 0.007495033 0.653179602 0.008516607 Wyoming 0.315357075 0.010369327 0.666953726 0.007319872 Guam 0.334595792 NSD 0.632368623 0.023126131 Puerto Rico 0.441548681 0.002821211 0.554073951 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands 0.380652393 NSD 0.594573815 0.008952037
2021
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.367402391 0.007473511 0.615567012 0.009557086 Alabama 0.481307169 0.007735422 0.501733868 0.009223541 Alaska 0.349426837 0.007955069 0.631155892 0.011462203 Arizona 0.349677417 0.008506076 0.633270647 0.00854586 Arkansas 0.483744568 0.006529002 0.501676828 0.008049602 California 0.307536017 0.006028649 0.6783575 0.008077835 Colorado 0.302485406 0.008161492 0.6825228 0.006830302 Connecticut 0.352556315 0.006941742 0.630554319 0.009947624 Delaware 0.39720793 0.01057563 0.57747913 0.01473731 District of Columbia 0.345431118 0.007637831 0.637053661 0.009877389 Florida N/A N/A N/A N/A Georgia 0.422131591 0.007841362 0.564046168 0.005980879 Hawaii 0.319607692 0.00945571 0.649404547 0.021532051 Idaho 0.346312469 0.01465809 0.631214403 0.007815038 Illinois 0.329941863 0.007663797 0.65130282 0.01109152 Indiana 0.39179441 0.009897278 0.591257568 0.007050745 Iowa 0.349615918 0.007541378 0.628975009 0.013867695 Kansas 0.38544373 0.008715677 0.594388817 0.011451776 Kentucky 0.42941012 0.016960383 0.544120423 0.009509075 Louisiana 0.443740171 0.006425442 0.539972881 0.009861505 Maine 0.379996488 0.008414126 0.599490872 0.012098513 Maryland 0.402056237 0.007132446 0.578069788 0.012741528 Massachusetts 0.32513992 0.008147041 0.65617623 0.010536809 Michigan 0.396215258 0.006437677 0.58800215 0.009344915 Minnesota 0.337361544 0.007436867 0.643726301 0.011475288 Mississippi 0.495043168 0.016332387 0.480145921 0.008478524 Missouri 0.383645054 0.010919686 0.591232311 0.014202949 Montana 0.346508782 0.00422504 0.633397531 0.015868647 Nebraska 0.355612247 0.009619058 0.626057312 0.008711383 Nevada 0.379987708 NSD 0.608997364 0.00712294 New Hampshire 0.358152737 0.006607084 0.625243397 0.009996782 New Jersey 0.349227959 0.003273808 0.638334682 0.009163552 New Mexico 0.358139502 0.006910861 0.625672993 0.009276644 New York 0.347738735 0.006542101 0.636506462 0.009212703 North Carolina 0.378879208 0.005525801 0.606343323 0.009251668 North Dakota 0.362756839 0.005063922 0.618584845 0.013594394 Ohio 0.3909068 0.007270102 0.591302877 0.010520221 Oklahoma 0.428802211 0.011892562 0.547413031 0.011892196 Oregon 0.346229645 0.009596644 0.633048417 0.011125294 Pennsylvania 0.355380296 0.009235769 0.622460262 0.012923673 Rhode Island 0.373025986 0.008683541 0.610189615 0.008100859 South Carolina 0.437057262 0.008318697 0.545128892 0.009495149 South Dakota 0.372963301 0.01192432 0.606305849 0.00880653 Tennessee 0.402645424 0.009286275 0.579677894 0.008390407 Texas 0.37640625 0.005896347 0.609487901 0.008209502 Utah 0.310078915 0.014083008 0.664897102 0.010940975 Vermont 0.336167409 0.005732629 0.645009473 0.013090489 Virginia 0.387148677 0.008004266 0.593375448 0.011471609 Washington 0.334337027 0.00705241 0.647182433 0.011428129 West Virginia 0.455239794 0.009589778 0.526734833 0.008435595 Wisconsin 0.346033978 0.002990551 0.642967444 0.008008027 Wyoming 0.330959968 0.010932775 0.647968944 0.010138314 Guam 0.354033657 0.010591359 0.617769123 0.01760586 Puerto Rico 0.458550398 0.005853017 0.532760388 0.002836196 U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
2019
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.326389604 0.009082514 0.655529663 0.008998219 Alabama 0.424670522 0.00548123 0.563476558 0.00637169 Alaska 0.328490268 NSD 0.649879856 0.015840094 Arizona 0.324717748 0.006131278 0.663030809 0.006120166 Arkansas 0.409765948 NSD 0.580992251 0.004354776 California 0.277932644 0.007673945 0.702188412 0.012204999 Colorado 0.257723717 0.009371517 0.724917846 0.00798692 Connecticut 0.30901569 0.009021335 0.677120286 0.00484269 Delaware 0.363949045 0.00774106 0.620867662 0.007442233 District of Columbia 0.271551559 0.008154914 0.714005214 0.006288313 Florida 0.335118091 0.006359777 0.652239273 0.006282859 Georgia 0.347950567 0.010220216 0.632523284 0.009305933 Hawaii 0.307477353 0.006597544 0.666803995 0.019121108 Idaho 0.306478459 0.012101752 0.674764367 0.006655423 Illinois 0.321819364 0.011068439 0.658435634 0.008676563 Indiana 0.347799066 0.01061443 0.635399747 0.006186757 Iowa 0.318291129 0.010566228 0.66248129 0.008661352 Kansas 0.335266925 0.008441298 0.647612246 0.008679532 Kentucky 0.408966954 0.011919275 0.571829255 0.007284515 Louisiana 0.396891809 0.011331245 0.583776681 0.008000264 Maine 0.362017915 0.00780544 0.623881213 0.006295432 Maryland 0.342571423 0.008510419 0.638594311 0.010323848 Massachusetts 0.280790935 0.015386958 0.698778607 0.0050435 Michigan 0.350953037 0.010920346 0.626975464 0.011151153 Minnesota 0.287038511 0.010276688 0.689706115 0.012978686 Mississippi 0.436325441 0.009305215 0.548073382 0.006295961 Missouri 0.309092228 0.008357474 0.641556719 0.040993578 Montana 0.294936393 0.009393395 0.682321692 0.01334852 Nebraska 0.309700515 0.012607648 0.670039035 0.007652803 Nevada 0.327531328 0.008075623 0.658287212 0.006105837 New Hampshire 0.314796235 0.010569999 0.666193343 0.008440424 New Jersey N/A N/A N/A N/A New Mexico 0.31638822 0.01037629 0.668027581 0.005207909 New York 0.295985411 0.006708271 0.690878579 0.00642774 North Carolina 0.351265033 0.007394098 0.631066679 0.01027419 North Dakota 0.29815347 0.010559892 0.680508754 0.010777884 Ohio 0.345151811 0.008650228 0.635186949 0.011011012 Oklahoma 0.377744815 0.01125618 0.601357499 0.009641506 Oregon 0.305522988 0.011290117 0.675480994 0.0077059 Pennsylvania 0.332673926 0.01030902 0.645428566 0.011588489 Rhode Island 0.330040942 0.008321349 0.655093711 0.006543998 South Carolina 0.382684706 0.009684145 0.597934807 0.009696342 South Dakota 0.30917894 0.00894482 0.672838512 0.009037728 Tennessee 0.392770366 0.008320894 0.592900294 0.006008446 Texas 0.317445836 0.011516926 0.666638026 0.004399212 Utah 0.257872235 0.015353812 0.713807293 0.01296666 Vermont 0.301769922 0.006878831 0.682992201 0.008359047 Virginia 0.335512148 0.010597235 0.645436934 0.008453682 Washington 0.302931999 0.009509179 0.678287814 0.009271009 West Virginia 0.437575219 0.007506468 0.547716818 0.007201495 Wisconsin 0.309524148 0.006215819 0.67803596 0.006224073 Wyoming 0.3069155 0.011405263 0.674961772 0.006717465 Guam 0.303144303 0.005591406 0.678602209 0.012662082 Puerto Rico 0.399306896 0.003969602 0.59517334 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
2017
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.324051709 0.009251328 0.659073677 0.007623285 Alabama 0.418572228 NSD 0.563526644 NSD Alaska 0.318073376 NSD 0.658274957 NSD Arizona 0.306508336 0.007754538 0.681218482 0.004518644 Arkansas 0.413485234 NSD 0.570908326 NSD California 0.283648561 0.00895202 0.700783317 0.006616102 Colorado 0.259122545 0.009129086 0.724444656 0.007303713 Connecticut 0.304898226 0.006896533 0.68177799 0.006427251 Delaware 0.348961869 NSD 0.633654572 NSD District of Columbia 0.267087334 NSD 0.708536091 0.017244294 Florida 0.345727248 0.008630508 0.640696145 0.004946099 Georgia 0.330825994 NSD 0.653255427 0.00779814 Hawaii 0.305862802 0.007168539 0.669422212 0.017546447 Idaho 0.297950773 NSD 0.686640544 NSD Illinois 0.322450325 NSD 0.660116427 NSD Indiana 0.352447003 0.013613106 0.627024771 0.006915121 Iowa 0.314830496 0.008256013 0.667930539 0.008982951 Kansas 0.327666545 0.011583262 0.651570136 0.009180056 Kentucky 0.393592044 0.013038547 0.58543799 0.00793142 Louisiana 0.390106792 NSD 0.588043145 NSD Maine 0.347928294 NSD 0.64107516 0.004784628 Maryland 0.323757991 0.009102707 0.654040057 0.013099245 Massachusetts 0.285719703 0.014064372 0.696169369 NSD Michigan 0.347314218 0.010839099 0.634906789 0.006939894 Minnesota 0.265972773 0.006277612 0.719092969 0.008656646 Mississippi 0.407711782 0.01823289 0.568616035 NSD Missouri 0.320369338 NSD 0.655311496 0.016421009 Montana 0.289951252 NSD 0.68548396 0.014522071 Nebraska 0.306198456 0.008888247 0.67818148 0.006731817 Nevada 0.326469009 NSD 0.655480622 NSD New Hampshire 0.300100708 NSD 0.690727872 NSD New Jersey 0.329829199 0.010544164 0.65133501 0.008291627 New Mexico 0.304821731 NSD 0.677603411 0.007623724 New York 0.294051944 0.008292743 0.690210057 0.007445256 North Carolina 0.34746992 NSD 0.632597637 NSD North Dakota 0.295283513 NSD 0.688609602 0.006453351 Ohio 0.346947323 0.007988861 0.637773191 0.007290625 Oklahoma 0.377131581 0.010993752 0.604266218 0.007608448 Oregon 0.30126571 NSD 0.682700983 NSD Pennsylvania 0.326143339 0.007841979 0.654805712 0.011208971 Rhode Island 0.330927945 NSD 0.65869093 NSD South Carolina 0.380796142 0.013644571 0.596952324 0.008606962 South Dakota 0.308051145 NSD 0.673542551 0.013087824 Tennessee 0.386574088 NSD 0.594131622 0.010477951 Texas 0.324959527 0.007429782 0.661838231 0.005772461 Utah 0.244525082 0.013723226 0.734104419 0.007647272 Vermont 0.303887404 NSD 0.679979463 NSD Virginia 0.323739516 0.00668185 0.658276311 0.011302323 Washington 0.295327801 0.008614958 0.687708439 0.008348802 West Virginia 0.435363531 NSD 0.549881617 NSD Wisconsin 0.3076386 NSD 0.678018357 NSD Wyoming 0.307567787 NSD 0.679289996 NSD Guam 0.291183029 NSD 0.676579994 NSD Puerto Rico 0.44656255 NSD 0.543609263 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.319 0.009 0.663 0.008 Alabama 0.404 0.007 0.572 0.016 Alaska 0.275 NSD 0.706 NSD Arizona 0.308 0.006 0.677 0.009 Arkansas 0.393 NSD 0.583 NSD California 0.285 0.01 0.696 0.009 Colorado 0.257 0.011 0.723 0.009 Connecticut 0.304 0.009 0.679 0.008 Delaware 0.345 NSD 0.637 NSD District of Columbia 0.294 NSD 0.689 NSD Florida 0.335 0.007 0.65 0.008 Georgia 0.362 NSD 0.62 NSD Hawaii 0.32 0.009 0.647 0.023 Idaho 0.312 NSD 0.673 NSD Illinois 0.308 NSD 0.679 NSD Indiana 0.324 NSD 0.662 NSD Iowa 0.306 NSD 0.674 0.011 Kansas 0.316 0.01 0.666 0.007 Kentucky 0.39 0.012 0.588 0.01 Louisiana 0.393 NSD 0.588 NSD Maine 0.341 0.006 0.645 0.008 Maryland 0.325 0.008 0.657 0.01 Massachusetts 0.296 0.01 0.689 0.005 Michigan 0.331 0.009 0.652 0.008 Minnesota 0.263 0.009 0.716 0.011 Mississippi 0.424 NSD 0.555 0.012 Missouri 0.341 NSD 0.634 0.014 Montana 0.291 NSD 0.681 0.018 Nebraska 0.299 0.008 0.685 0.008 Nevada 0.283 NSD 0.69 NSD New Hampshire 0.292 NSD 0.691 0.008 New Jersey 0.309 0.01 0.675 0.006 New Mexico 0.3 NSD 0.685 0.007 New York 0.293 0.009 0.692 0.007 North Carolina 0.352 NSD 0.631 0.012 North Dakota 0.304 NSD 0.683 NSD Ohio 0.343 0.009 0.64 0.007 Oklahoma 0.362 NSD 0.624 0.008 Oregon 0.301 NSD 0.681 NSD Pennsylvania 0.325 NSD 0.652 0.011 Rhode Island 0.324 NSD 0.658 0.008 South Carolina 0.378 0.011 0.6 0.01 South Dakota 0.299 NSD 0.684 0.012 Tennessee 0.385 NSD 0.602 NSD Texas 0.295 0.012 0.688 0.006 Utah 0.236 0.015 0.742 0.008 Vermont 0.294 NSD 0.691 0.009 Virginia 0.332 0.013 0.644 0.011 Washington 0.297 0.008 0.688 0.007 West Virginia 0.427 NSD 0.556 0.01 Wisconsin 0.296 NSD 0.695 NSD Wyoming 0.299 NSD 0.685 NSD Guam 0.295 NSD 0.667 NSD Puerto Rico 0.422 NSD 0.57 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.324 0.009 0.658 0.009 Alabama 0.403 NSD 0.578 0.01 Alaska 0.298 0.013 0.68 0.01 Arizona 0.307 NSD 0.675 NSD Arkansas 0.387 NSD 0.6 NSD California 0.287 0.009 0.693 0.011 Colorado 0.263 0.009 0.717 0.011 Connecticut 0.313 0.01 0.673 0.004 Delaware 0.356 NSD 0.627 0.009 District of Columbia 0.284 NSD 0.705 NSD Florida 0.346 0.009 0.639 0.006 Georgia 0.35 0.011 0.632 0.007 Hawaii 0.285 NSD 0.658 0.049 Idaho 0.294 NSD 0.686 0.009 Illinois 0.301 NSD 0.683 0.007 Indiana 0.335 0.009 0.648 0.008 Iowa 0.314 NSD 0.674 0.005 Kansas 0.313 0.009 0.667 0.01 Kentucky 0.391 0.011 0.586 0.013 Louisiana 0.398 0.013 0.579 0.01 Maine 0.333 NSD 0.652 0.009 Maryland 0.328 0.011 0.649 0.013 Massachusetts 0.294 0.008 0.689 0.01 Michigan 0.346 0.008 0.638 0.008 Minnesota 0.27 0.009 0.709 0.011 Mississippi 0.402 NSD 0.577 0.012 Missouri 0.32 0.009 0.657 0.014 Montana 0.293 0.011 0.687 0.009 Nebraska 0.303 0.01 0.675 0.012 Nevada 0.306 NSD 0.676 NSD New Hampshire 0.301 NSD 0.688 NSD New Jersey 0.311 0.01 0.669 0.01 New Mexico 0.295 0.01 0.689 0.006 New York 0.315 0.008 0.668 0.008 North Carolina 0.355 NSD 0.63 0.008 North Dakota 0.297 0.011 0.685 0.007 Ohio 0.335 0.011 0.645 0.009 Oklahoma 0.375 0.01 0.608 0.007 Oregon 0.318 NSD 0.668 0.007 Pennsylvania 0.337 0.009 0.647 0.008 Rhode Island 0.338 0.01 0.646 NSD South Carolina 0.384 0.008 0.596 0.011 South Dakota 0.307 NSD 0.669 0.016 Tennessee 0.388 NSD 0.597 NSD Texas 0.312 0.008 0.671 0.009 Utah 0.242 0.013 0.736 0.009 Vermont 0.311 NSD 0.676 0.007 Virginia 0.325 0.007 0.658 0.01 Washington 0.304 0.011 0.677 0.007 West Virginia 0.41 NSD 0.572 0.01 Wisconsin 0.323 NSD 0.665 NSD Wyoming 0.287 NSD 0.7 NSD Guam 0.296 NSD 0.658 0.035 Puerto Rico 0.423 NSD 0.568 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
Notes
Data represent adults who report ever being told by a doctor that they have hypertension. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html .
Data are unavailable for 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Sources
KFF analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Definitions
NSD: Estimates are not provided if the relative standard error exceeds 30%.
N/A : Data not available. US Virgin Islands is only included in BRFSS in 2023. Due to limited data, New Jersey was not included in the 2019 BRFSS aggregated data set. Florida was unable to collect BRFSS data over enough months to meet the minimum requirements for inclusion in 2021, and Kentucky and Pennsylvania did not meet minimum requirements for inclusion in 2023.
