Doctor-diagnosed hypertension is based on the answer to the question: "Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?" Response options are:
"Yes",
"No",
"Yes but females told only during pregnancy, and
"Told borderline high or pre-hypertensive."
Women who report having hypertension only during pregnancy and individuals who are told they are borderline high are considered as having answered "No."
In 2016, Utah BRFSS modified its methodology for age adjustment to increase the precision of the estimate. Data in IBIS charts have been updated back to 2011 forward to reflect this change.
With this change, age adjustment for Utah is more consistent with both the U.S. and other states using IBIS. Doctor-diagnosed hypertension is based on the answer to the question: "Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have high blood pressure?" Response options are: "Yes", "No", "Yes but females told only during pregnancy, and "Told borderline high or pre-hypertensive."
Women who report having hypertension only during pregnancy and individuals who are told they are borderline high are considered as having answered "No."
In 2016, Utah BRFSS modified its methodology for age adjustment to increase the precision of the estimate. Data in IBIS charts have been updated back to 2011 forward to reflect this change.
With this change, age adjustment for Utah is more consistent with both the U.S. and other states using IBIS.
Data Source
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professionals that they have high blood pressure. This indicator is used to estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure in Utah. Data are from the Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
The number of survey respondents who report they have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professionals that they have high blood pressure.
Denominator:
The total number of survey respondents (BRFSS survey) excluding those with missing or refused values in the numerator.
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 11/25/2022
Healthy Environments Active Living (HEAL) Program, Office of Health Promotion and Prevention, Utah Department of Health and Human Services | Contact: Linnea Fletcher | Phone: (385) 443-0871 | Email: LinneaFletcher@utah.gov | Website: heal.utah.gov
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