Table 3.

Differences between the first and last measurement period in the percentage of a 2019 cohort of patients with severely uncontrolled hypertension who obtained a valid blood pressure measurement, by selected characteristics, Massachusetts, 2020-2021 ^a

Characteristic	January 2020, %	March 2021, %	Percentage-point difference b
Overall	40.0	16.5	−23.5
Race and ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	39.6	16.2	−23.4
Non-Hispanic Black	41.6	16.9	−24.7
Non-Hispanic Asian	41.0	13.5	−27.5
Hispanic	39.8	17.8	−22.0
Non-Hispanic other c	37.0	16.2	−20.8
Sex
Female	40.6	17.5	−23.1
Male	39.3	15.6	−23.7
Age group, y
18-34	36.1	9.8	−26.3
35-54	38.8	15.0	−23.8
55-75	40.8	17.7	−23.1

^aData source: MDPHnet.^15,18

^bDifference was calculated by subtracting January 2020 from March 2021.

^cOther race and ethnicity category includes non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native and unknown.