Women Who Report Ever Being Told by a Doctor that They Have Hypertension
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2023
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.320506 0.01742 0.655892 0.006182 Alabama 0.423312 0.040221 0.531315 0.005151 Alaska 0.284033 0.033444 0.677876 0.004648 Arizona 0.308367 0.019463 0.669366 NSD Arkansas 0.404519 0.022066 0.567978 0.005436 California 0.274624 0.010593 0.706917 NSD Colorado 0.232182 0.017154 0.746823 0.00384 Connecticut 0.288465 0.015731 0.692051 NSD Delaware 0.354012 0.022068 0.616726 NSD District of Columbia 0.260926 NSD 0.721531 NSD Florida 0.329305 0.01473 0.648079 0.007886 Georgia 0.361663 0.02301 0.61199 NSD Hawaii 0.291822 0.022918 0.674067 0.011193 Idaho 0.273985 0.027055 0.685602 0.013358 Illinois 0.329881 0.018225 0.646454 NSD Indiana 0.354299 0.02021 0.621749 0.003742 Iowa 0.325668 0.022712 0.646074 0.005546 Kansas 0.321888 0.022571 0.649059 0.006483 Kentucky N/A N/A N/A N/A Louisiana 0.420704 0.021223 0.554887 NSD Maine 0.326906 0.014791 0.651066 0.007237 Maryland 0.334105 0.016756 0.640574 0.008564 Massachusetts 0.270643 0.017137 0.704579 0.007641 Michigan 0.338405 0.01667 0.640343 0.004582 Minnesota 0.276797 0.011536 0.70554 0.006127 Mississippi 0.441378 0.029576 0.519295 0.00975 Missouri 0.333899 0.019782 0.636184 0.010135 Montana 0.280373 0.020045 0.692893 0.006689 Nebraska 0.297272 0.026008 0.673488 0.003232 Nevada 0.296898 0.011579 0.680236 NSD New Hampshire 0.290841 0.013617 0.687883 0.007659 New Jersey 0.313922 0.013709 0.669033 0.003336 New Mexico 0.312132 NSD 0.672763 NSD New York 0.306269 0.016575 0.67052 0.006636 North Carolina 0.351576 0.010552 0.630572 0.0073 North Dakota 0.277899 0.028942 0.688459 NSD Ohio 0.351257 0.016325 0.624756 0.007663 Oklahoma 0.360086 0.01811 0.615147 0.006657 Oregon 0.296698 0.022588 0.675521 NSD Pennsylvania N/A N/A N/A N/A Rhode Island 0.306946 0.015958 0.673864 NSD South Carolina 0.372607 0.025269 0.597465 0.004659 South Dakota 0.294248 NSD 0.695664 NSD Tennessee 0.378106 0.017531 0.597487 NSD Texas 0.306461 0.020518 0.668341 0.00468 Utah 0.22848 0.028357 0.738302 0.00486 Vermont 0.286749 0.011993 0.694508 0.00675 Virginia 0.336679 0.020456 0.635086 0.007779 Washington 0.268377 0.018753 0.705874 0.006996 West Virginia 0.422041 0.019562 0.554314 NSD Wisconsin 0.299859 0.014797 0.680123 0.005222 Wyoming 0.284178 0.020968 0.68924 NSD Guam 0.31273 NSD 0.652855 NSD Puerto Rico 0.432453 0.005282 0.561479 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands 0.451046 NSD 0.512139 NSD
2021
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.3458 0.0142 0.6331 0.0069 Alabama 0.4734 0.0132 0.5055 0.0078 Alaska 0.3144 0.0165 0.6612 0.0079 Arizona 0.3161 0.0166 0.663 0.0043 Arkansas 0.4687 0.0121 0.5137 0.0055 California 0.2865 0.0125 0.6965 0.0046 Colorado 0.2769 0.0164 0.7019 0.0047 Connecticut 0.3175 0.0132 0.6603 0.009 Delaware 0.3762 0.0194 0.5939 NSD District of Columbia 0.3195 0.0142 0.6585 NSD Florida N/A N/A N/A N/A Georgia 0.4026 0.0144 0.5786 0.0044 Hawaii 0.2888 0.0179 0.6786 0.0147 Idaho 0.3306 0.0234 0.6409 0.005 Illinois 0.3093 0.015 0.6669 0.0087 Indiana 0.362 0.0187 0.6147 0.0046 Iowa 0.3325 0.0154 0.6425 0.0096 Kansas 0.3554 0.0169 0.6183 0.0095 Kentucky 0.4074 0.0296 0.5567 0.0063 Louisiana 0.4231 0.012 0.5579 0.007 Maine 0.3469 0.0151 0.6272 0.0109 Maryland 0.3841 0.0135 0.5916 0.0108 Massachusetts 0.2947 0.0151 0.6809 0.0092 Michigan 0.3701 0.0122 0.611 0.0066 Minnesota 0.3113 0.0145 0.6664 0.0078 Mississippi 0.4863 0.028 0.4796 NSD Missouri 0.3649 0.0182 0.6044 0.0125 Montana 0.32 0.0088 0.6604 0.0107 Nebraska 0.3319 0.0183 0.6434 0.0063 Nevada 0.3508 NSD 0.6386 NSD New Hampshire 0.3181 0.0123 0.6624 0.0072 New Jersey 0.3085 0.0064 0.6752 0.0099 New Mexico 0.3441 0.013 0.6361 0.0068 New York 0.3244 0.0123 0.6562 0.007 North Carolina 0.3754 0.0106 0.6075 0.0065 North Dakota 0.3418 0.0108 0.6378 0.0097 Ohio 0.369 0.0136 0.6097 0.0078 Oklahoma 0.3969 0.0214 0.5728 0.0089 Oregon 0.333 0.0181 0.6409 0.008 Pennsylvania 0.3247 0.0174 0.6484 0.0095 Rhode Island 0.3412 0.0157 0.6366 0.0064 South Carolina 0.424 0.0157 0.5527 0.0076 South Dakota 0.3278 0.0231 0.6438 NSD Tennessee 0.377 0.0172 0.5979 0.0079 Texas 0.3531 0.0117 0.6303 0.005 Utah 0.2773 0.0287 0.6865 0.0075 Vermont 0.2899 0.0109 0.6911 0.008 Virginia 0.3638 0.015 0.6128 0.0083 Washington 0.3029 0.0138 0.6752 0.008 West Virginia 0.4429 0.0179 0.5339 0.0053 Wisconsin 0.3264 0.0057 0.6617 0.0062 Wyoming 0.2956 0.0218 0.6759 NSD Guam N/A N/A N/A N/A Puerto Rico 0.4485 0.0097 0.5393 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
2019
Location Yes Yes, Pregnancy-Related No No, Pre-Hypertensive
United States 0.3056 0.0174 0.6716 0.0054 Alabama 0.4082 0.0105 0.5763 0.005 Alaska 0.2764 NSD 0.7002 NSD Arizona 0.3046 0.0121 0.6813 NSD Arkansas 0.3931 NSD 0.5941 NSD California 0.2632 0.0151 0.7148 0.0068 Colorado 0.2349 0.0187 0.7417 0.0047 Connecticut 0.2895 0.0174 0.6902 0.0029 Delaware 0.3393 0.0148 0.64 NSD District of Columbia 0.254 0.0153 0.7236 NSD Florida 0.3104 0.0123 0.6732 0.0041 Georgia 0.3387 0.0197 0.6391 0.0025 Hawaii 0.2822 0.0131 0.6911 0.0135 Idaho 0.2833 0.0192 0.6947 NSD Illinois 0.2965 0.0216 0.6761 0.0059 Indiana 0.3255 0.0207 0.6494 0.0044 Iowa 0.2968 0.0208 0.6768 0.0056 Kansas 0.3074 0.0163 0.6716 0.0046 Kentucky 0.3923 0.0232 0.5792 NSD Louisiana 0.3855 0.021 0.5868 NSD Maine 0.3202 0.0151 0.6614 0.0032 Maryland 0.3255 0.0163 0.6511 0.0071 Massachusetts 0.255 0.021 0.7197 NSD Michigan 0.326 0.0213 0.647 0.0058 Minnesota 0.2577 0.0201 0.7151 0.007 Mississippi 0.4421 0.0178 0.5368 NSD Missouri 0.3002 0.0162 0.6529 0.0308 Montana 0.2577 0.0188 0.7127 0.0107 Nebraska 0.2915 0.0249 0.6785 0.0052 Nevada 0.3004 0.0161 0.6786 NSD New Hampshire 0.2886 0.0208 0.6849 0.0057 New Jersey N/A N/A N/A N/A New Mexico 0.2846 0.0204 0.6932 NSD New York 0.2706 0.0126 0.7127 0.0041 North Carolina 0.3475 0.0142 0.6328 NSD North Dakota 0.2736 0.0217 0.6976 0.0071 Ohio 0.3159 0.0168 0.6605 0.0068 Oklahoma 0.3513 0.0221 0.6194 0.0072 Oregon 0.2822 0.0222 0.6918 NSD Pennsylvania 0.3175 0.0199 0.6562 0.0063 Rhode Island 0.2984 0.016 0.6821 0.0034 South Carolina 0.3625 0.0165 0.6166 0.0044 South Dakota 0.2717 0.0179 0.7063 NSD Tennessee 0.369 0.016 0.6118 NSD Texas 0.2932 0.0226 0.6823 0.0019 Utah 0.2164 0.0305 0.7458 0.0073 Vermont 0.2621 0.0135 0.7176 NSD Virginia 0.316 0.0206 0.6583 0.0051 Washington 0.2685 0.0189 0.7061 0.0065 West Virginia 0.4171 0.0147 0.5627 0.0055 Wisconsin 0.2785 0.0123 0.7049 NSD Wyoming 0.2611 0.0232 0.7142 NSD Guam 0.2798 0.0114 0.697 NSD Puerto Rico 0.3916 0.0074 0.6003 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 0.3043 0.0179 0.673 0.0047 Alabama 0.4066 NSD 0.57 NSD Alaska 0.2745 NSD 0.6857 NSD Arizona 0.2818 0.0153 0.7004 NSD Arkansas 0.3966 NSD 0.5758 NSD California 0.2631 0.0176 0.7164 NSD Colorado 0.2294 0.018 0.7483 NSD Connecticut 0.285 0.0133 0.6953 0.0063 Delaware 0.3297 NSD 0.6498 NSD District of Columbia 0.269 NSD 0.7018 NSD Florida 0.3362 0.0167 0.6457 NSD Georgia 0.3247 NSD 0.6538 NSD Hawaii 0.292 0.0145 0.6767 0.0168 Idaho 0.2651 NSD 0.7129 NSD Illinois 0.3077 NSD 0.6667 NSD Indiana 0.3306 0.0265 0.6377 NSD Iowa 0.303 0.0163 0.676 NSD Kansas 0.2999 0.0229 0.6719 0.0053 Kentucky 0.3584 0.0232 0.6131 NSD Louisiana 0.3781 NSD 0.5929 NSD Maine 0.3011 NSD 0.6825 NSD Maryland 0.3114 0.0174 0.6627 0.0085 Massachusetts 0.2644 0.0227 0.7111 NSD Michigan 0.3215 0.0206 0.6536 NSD Minnesota 0.2441 0.0124 0.7384 NSD Mississippi 0.3998 0.0349 0.5636 NSD Missouri 0.312 NSD 0.66 0.0127 Montana 0.2458 NSD 0.727 NSD Nebraska 0.2776 0.0166 0.7012 NSD Nevada 0.2885 NSD 0.6883 NSD New Hampshire 0.2662 NSD 0.7222 NSD New Jersey 0.3019 0.0203 0.6733 NSD New Mexico 0.2738 NSD 0.7022 NSD New York 0.2744 0.0159 0.7049 NSD North Carolina 0.3379 NSD 0.6359 NSD North Dakota 0.27 NSD 0.7056 NSD Ohio 0.3297 0.0155 0.6513 NSD Oklahoma 0.3641 0.0215 0.6087 NSD Oregon 0.2727 NSD 0.704 NSD Pennsylvania 0.2909 0.0152 0.6822 NSD Rhode Island 0.31 NSD 0.6733 NSD South Carolina 0.3608 0.0262 0.6066 0.0063 South Dakota 0.2745 NSD 0.7052 NSD Tennessee 0.3723 NSD 0.6045 NSD Texas 0.3116 0.0146 0.6718 NSD Utah 0.2115 0.0271 0.7579 NSD Vermont 0.2811 NSD 0.6941 NSD Virginia 0.2995 0.013 0.6785 0.009 Washington 0.2588 0.0171 0.7181 0.006 West Virginia 0.4084 NSD 0.5689 NSD Wisconsin 0.2769 NSD 0.7027 NSD Wyoming 0.2751 NSD 0.7115 NSD Guam 0.2758 NSD 0.683 NSD Puerto Rico 0.4516 NSD 0.5302 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 0.302 0.018 0.674 0.006 Alabama 0.407 0.014 0.568 0.011 Alaska 0.249 NSD 0.723 NSD Arizona 0.286 0.012 0.697 NSD Arkansas 0.383 NSD 0.578 NSD California 0.269 0.019 0.707 NSD Colorado 0.227 0.021 0.746 0.006 Connecticut 0.287 0.017 0.691 NSD Delaware 0.332 NSD 0.646 NSD District of Columbia 0.291 NSD 0.687 NSD Florida 0.315 0.013 0.667 NSD Georgia 0.346 NSD 0.633 NSD Hawaii 0.297 NSD 0.662 0.022 Idaho 0.276 NSD 0.703 NSD Illinois 0.292 NSD 0.691 NSD Indiana 0.304 NSD 0.675 NSD Iowa 0.288 NSD 0.686 NSD Kansas 0.301 0.021 0.673 0.005 Kentucky 0.368 0.021 0.603 0.009 Louisiana 0.39 NSD 0.581 NSD Maine 0.312 0.012 0.672 NSD Maryland 0.316 0.015 0.661 NSD Massachusetts 0.268 0.017 0.712 NSD Michigan 0.32 0.017 0.658 NSD Minnesota 0.243 0.018 0.731 0.007 Mississippi 0.425 NSD 0.551 NSD Missouri 0.311 NSD 0.657 0.011 Montana 0.258 NSD 0.713 NSD Nebraska 0.272 0.015 0.706 0.007 Nevada 0.279 NSD 0.677 NSD New Hampshire 0.268 NSD 0.71 NSD New Jersey 0.291 0.019 0.687 NSD New Mexico 0.292 NSD 0.687 NSD New York 0.281 0.017 0.698 NSD North Carolina 0.351 NSD 0.627 NSD North Dakota 0.298 NSD 0.69 NSD Ohio 0.311 0.018 0.667 NSD Oklahoma 0.344 NSD 0.637 NSD Oregon 0.278 NSD 0.695 NSD Pennsylvania 0.302 NSD 0.669 NSD Rhode Island 0.304 NSD 0.672 NSD South Carolina 0.367 0.022 0.602 0.009 South Dakota 0.285 NSD 0.698 0.007 Tennessee 0.37 NSD 0.61 NSD Texas 0.281 0.023 0.692 NSD Utah 0.206 0.03 0.761 NSD Vermont 0.256 NSD 0.726 NSD Virginia 0.312 0.025 0.655 NSD Washington 0.261 0.016 0.719 0.005 West Virginia 0.411 NSD 0.567 NSD Wisconsin 0.289 NSD 0.698 NSD Wyoming 0.263 NSD 0.713 NSD Guam 0.287 NSD 0.65 NSD Puerto Rico 0.438 NSD 0.549 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 0.31 0.017 0.666 0.006 Alabama 0.392 NSD 0.58 0.012 Alaska 0.252 0.026 0.716 NSD Arizona 0.292 NSD 0.676 NSD Arkansas 0.366 NSD 0.614 NSD California 0.285 0.017 0.692 NSD Colorado 0.239 0.017 0.737 0.007 Connecticut 0.287 0.02 0.69 NSD Delaware 0.356 NSD 0.622 NSD District of Columbia 0.28 NSD 0.703 NSD Florida 0.321 0.017 0.657 0.005 Georgia 0.351 0.021 0.622 NSD Hawaii 0.274 NSD 0.675 0.036 Idaho 0.258 NSD 0.716 NSD Illinois 0.289 NSD 0.686 NSD Indiana 0.323 0.017 0.655 NSD Iowa 0.294 NSD 0.687 NSD Kansas 0.295 0.018 0.68 0.006 Kentucky 0.379 0.02 0.589 0.011 Louisiana 0.403 0.023 0.57 NSD Maine 0.31 NSD 0.671 0.008 Maryland 0.322 0.021 0.647 0.011 Massachusetts 0.273 0.015 0.706 0.007 Michigan 0.322 0.015 0.656 0.006 Minnesota 0.25 0.018 0.726 NSD Mississippi 0.403 NSD 0.571 NSD Missouri 0.3 0.017 0.673 0.01 Montana 0.264 0.021 0.71 NSD Nebraska 0.282 0.019 0.692 0.007 Nevada 0.3 NSD 0.686 NSD New Hampshire 0.272 NSD 0.713 NSD New Jersey 0.296 0.02 0.679 0.005 New Mexico 0.277 0.019 0.699 NSD New York 0.299 0.015 0.68 NSD North Carolina 0.347 NSD 0.634 NSD North Dakota 0.276 0.023 0.698 NSD Ohio 0.316 0.021 0.656 0.008 Oklahoma 0.356 0.019 0.619 NSD Oregon 0.28 NSD 0.704 NSD Pennsylvania 0.323 0.016 0.655 NSD Rhode Island 0.319 0.02 0.659 NSD South Carolina 0.373 0.016 0.604 0.007 South Dakota 0.289 NSD 0.685 NSD Tennessee 0.381 NSD 0.598 NSD Texas 0.302 0.016 0.676 NSD Utah 0.213 0.026 0.757 NSD Vermont 0.28 NSD 0.702 NSD Virginia 0.314 0.014 0.664 NSD Washington 0.275 0.021 0.699 NSD West Virginia 0.393 NSD 0.587 NSD Wisconsin 0.311 NSD 0.674 NSD Wyoming 0.263 NSD 0.715 NSD Guam 0.299 NSD 0.649 NSD Puerto Rico 0.439 NSD 0.545 NSD U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A N/A
Notes
Data represent adult females 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.