Table 4 Comparison of Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) weighted hypertension prevalence among adults aged 20鈥�84听years to Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) hypertension awareness among adults 18听years and older鈥擫ouisiana
From: Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana
MENDS (2023) | BRFSS (2021, [38]) | 听 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group n鈥�=鈥�785,999 patients | Percentage of Patients | a. Weighted Hypertension Prevalence (95% CI) | Group n鈥�=鈥�5,081 respondents | Percentage of Respondents | b. Hypertension Awarenessa (95% CI) | Percent Differenceb (a-b)/b |
Overall | 听 | 43.0% (42.7%鈥�43.3%) | Overalla | 100.0% | 37.3% (35.6%鈥�39.1%) | 13.3% |
Sex | 听 | 听 | Sex | 听 | 听 | 听 |
鈥僊补濒别 | 41.8% | 47.3% (46.8%鈥�47.7%) | Male | 44.9% | 41.5% (38.8%鈥�44.2%) | 14.0% |
鈥僃别尘补濒别 | 58.2% | 39.1% (38.7%鈥�39.5%) | Female | 55.1% | 39.1% (36.7%鈥�41.5%) | 5.6% |
Age Group (years) | 听 | 听 | Age Group (years) | 听 | 听 | 听 |
鈥�20鈥�44 | 41.0% | 25.1% (24.7%鈥�25.6%) | 18鈥�24 | 1.0% | 11.3% (5.2%鈥�17.3) | 0.5%c |
25鈥�34 | 9.7% | 17.3% (13.2%鈥�21.3%) | ||||
35鈥�44 | 13.5% | 29.5% (25.3%鈥�33.7%) | ||||
鈥�45鈥�64 | 34.5% | 53.3% (52.7%鈥�53.8%) | 45鈥�54 | 17.2% | 43.5% (39.4%鈥�47.6%) | 4.3%c |
55鈥�64 | 20.0% | 55.6% (51.9%鈥�59.4%) | ||||
鈥�65鈥�84 | 24.5% | 68.3% (67.5%鈥�69.0%) | 65鈥�+鈥� | 33.7% | 68.9% (66.0%鈥�71.9%) | 鈭�0.9% |
Race and Ethnicity | 听 | 听 | Race and Ethnicity | 听 | 听 | 听 |
鈥僋on-Hispanic Asian | 1.6% | 31.0% (30.0%鈥�31.9%) | Asian | 1.0% | Not available | Not available |
鈥僋on-Hispanic Black | 30.4% | 50.2% (49.6%鈥�50.9%) | Black | 21.2% | 46.7% (42.8%鈥�50.6%) | 7.5% |
鈥仅颈蝉辫补苍颈肠 | 5.1% | 33.4% (32.4%鈥�34.3%) | Hispanic | 3.5% | 32.5% (23.0%鈥�42.1%) | 2.8% |
鈥僋on-Hispanic White | 61.5% | 41.1% (40.7%鈥�41.5%) | White | 70.4% | 38.4% (36.4%鈥�40.4%) | 7.0% |
| 听 | 听 | 听 | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% | Not available | Not available |
| 听 | 听 | 听 | American Indian or Alaska Native | 1.1% | 33.1% (17.2%鈥�49.1%) | |
| 听 | 听 | 听 | Multiracial | 1.7% | 32.3% (18.9%鈥�45.7%) | |
鈥僌迟丑别谤 | 1.5% | 34.0% (32.7%鈥�35.2%) | Other | 0.9% | Not available | |