High Blood Pressure by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of High Blood Pressure across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Co-op City (42.7%). Lowest: Long Island City-Hunters Point (16%). New York City avg: 30%. Data: 2023.
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High Blood Pressure · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · High Blood Pressure 30%
Highest neighborhood Co-op City: 42.7%
Lowest neighborhood Long Island City-Hunters Point: 16%

Note: High blood pressure is defined as reporting that they have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that they have high blood pressure, excluding high blood pressure only during pregnancy or borderline hypertension.

Universe: Adult population (Age 18+) · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES (2023 BRFSS; 2019–2023 ACS)

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 16% 25th pct 28% Median 31% 75th pct 34% Max 43%

Neighborhood ranking: High Blood Pressure

#1 Co-op City 42.7%+12.7 pts
#2 Spring Creek-Starrett City 42.1%+12.1 pts
#3 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 41.3%+11.3 pts
#4 Cambria Heights 41.2%+11.2 pts
#5 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 39.9%+9.9 pts
#6 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 39.7%+9.7 pts
#7 Laurelton 39.5%+9.5 pts
#8 St. Albans 39.4%+9.4 pts
#9 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 39%+9 pts
#10 Brownsville 38.7%+8.6 pts
#11 St. George-New Brighton 38.5%+8.5 pts
#12 West Farms 38.4%+8.4 pts
#13 Williamsbridge-Olinville 38.2%+8.2 pts
#14 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 38%+8 pts
#15 East Flatbush-Rugby 37.9%+7.9 pts
#16 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 37.8%+7.8 pts
#17 Coney Island-Sea Gate 37.7%+7.7 pts
#18 Morrisania 37.6%+7.6 pts
#19 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 37.5%+7.5 pts
#20 Tremont 37.2%+7.2 pts
#21 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 37.1%+7.1 pts
#22 Melrose 37.1%+7.1 pts
#23 Rosedale 37.1%+7 pts
#24 Baisley Park 36.9%+6.9 pts
#25 East Flatbush-Farragut 36.8%+6.8 pts
#26 South Jamaica 36.6%+6.6 pts
#27 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 36.3%+6.3 pts
#28 Mott Haven-Port Morris 36.2%+6.2 pts
#29 Crotona Park East 36.2%+6.2 pts
#30 East New York-New Lots 36.1%+6.1 pts
#31 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 36.1%+6.1 pts
#32 Concourse-Concourse Village 36.1%+6 pts
#33 Flushing-Willets Point 36.1%+6 pts
#34 Parkchester 35.9%+5.9 pts
#35 Canarsie 35.9%+5.9 pts
#36 Wakefield-Woodlawn 35.8%+5.8 pts
#37 Highbridge 35.6%+5.6 pts
#38 Chinatown-Two Bridges 35.5%+5.5 pts
#39 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 35.5%+5.5 pts
#40 Soundview-Clason Point 35.4%+5.4 pts
#41 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 35.4%+5.4 pts
#42 Hollis 35.3%+5.3 pts
#43 Allerton 35.3%+5.3 pts
#44 Queens Village 35.3%+5.3 pts
#45 Oakwood-Richmondtown 35.2%+5.2 pts
#46 Harlem (North) 35.2%+5.2 pts
#47 Longwood 34.7%+4.7 pts
#48 Mount Hope 34.6%+4.6 pts
#49 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 34.6%+4.5 pts
#50 Flatlands 34.4%+4.4 pts
#51 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 34.4%+4.4 pts
#52 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 34.4%+4.4 pts
#53 Port Richmond 34.3%+4.3 pts
#54 Bay Terrace-Clearview 34.3%+4.3 pts
#55 East Harlem (North) 34.2%+4.2 pts
#56 Pelham Gardens 34.1%+4.1 pts
#57 Fordham Heights 34%+4 pts
#58 East Flushing 34%+4 pts
#59 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 33.9%+3.9 pts
#60 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 33.8%+3.8 pts
#61 Hunts Point 33.8%+3.8 pts
#62 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 33.6%+3.6 pts
#63 Jamaica 33.5%+3.5 pts
#64 Castle Hill-Unionport 33.5%+3.5 pts
#65 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 33.5%+3.5 pts
#66 New Dorp-Midland Beach 33.4%+3.4 pts
#67 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 33.4%+3.4 pts
#68 Bedford Park 33.4%+3.4 pts
#69 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 33.3%+3.3 pts
#70 East Flatbush-Erasmus 33.3%+3.3 pts
#71 Brighton Beach 33.2%+3.2 pts
#72 Ocean Hill 33.2%+3.2 pts
#73 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 33.2%+3.2 pts
#74 University Heights (North)-Fordham 33.1%+3.1 pts
#75 South Ozone Park 33%+3 pts
#76 East New York-City Line 33%+3 pts
#77 Whitestone-Beechhurst 33%+3 pts
#78 Great Kills-Eltingville 33%+3 pts
#79 East New York (North) 33%+3 pts
#80 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 32.7%+2.7 pts
#81 Westchester Square 32.2%+2.2 pts
#82 Auburndale 32.2%+2.1 pts
#83 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 32.1%+2.1 pts
#84 Douglaston-Little Neck 32.1%+2.1 pts
#85 Arden Heights-Rossville 32.1%+2 pts
#86 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 31.9%+1.9 pts
#87 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 31.9%+1.9 pts
#88 Middle Village 31.8%+1.8 pts
#89 Belmont 31.7%+1.7 pts
#90 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 31.7%+1.6 pts
#91 East Harlem (South) 31.6%+1.6 pts
#92 Gravesend (South) 31.6%+1.6 pts
#93 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 31.5%+1.5 pts
#94 Norwood 31.5%+1.5 pts
#95 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 31.3%+1.3 pts
#96 South Richmond Hill 31.3%+1.3 pts
#97 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 31.2%+1.2 pts
#98 Rego Park 31.2%+1.2 pts
#99 Crown Heights (South) 31%+1 pts
#100 Corona 31%+1 pts
#101 Tottenville-Charleston 30.9%+0.9 pts
#102 Bellerose 30.8%+0.8 pts
#103 Flatbush 30.8%+0.8 pts
#104 Bayside 30.6%+0.6 pts
#105 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 30.6%+0.6 pts
#106 Queensboro Hill 30.6%+0.6 pts
#107 Maspeth 30.5%+0.5 pts
#108 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 30.5%+0.5 pts
#109 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 30.4%+0.4 pts
#110 Manhattanville-West Harlem 30.4%+0.4 pts
#111 East Elmhurst 30.3%+0.3 pts
#112 Forest Hills 30.2%+0.2 pts
#113 Jackson Heights 30.2%+0.1 pts
#114 College Point 30%-0 pts
#115 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 29.9%-0.1 pts
#116 Lower East Side 29.9%-0.1 pts
#117 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 29.8%-0.3 pts
#118 Harlem (South) 29.7%-0.3 pts
#119 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 29.6%-0.4 pts
#120 Kew Gardens Hills 29.6%-0.4 pts
#121 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 29.5%-0.5 pts
#122 Ozone Park 29.5%-0.5 pts
#123 South Williamsburg 29.4%-0.6 pts
#124 Richmond Hill 29.4%-0.6 pts
#125 Morris Park 29.3%-0.7 pts
#126 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 29.3%-0.7 pts
#127 Gravesend (West) 29.2%-0.8 pts
#128 Kew Gardens 29.1%-0.9 pts
#129 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 29%-1 pts
#130 Washington Heights (South) 29%-1.1 pts
#131 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 28.9%-1.1 pts
#132 Elmhurst 28.9%-1.1 pts
#133 Woodhaven 28.9%-1.1 pts
#134 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 28.9%-1.1 pts
#135 Madison 28.8%-1.2 pts
#136 Bensonhurst 28.7%-1.3 pts
#137 Glendale 28.7%-1.4 pts
#138 Ozone Park (North) 28.4%-1.6 pts
#139 Sunset Park (Central) 28.3%-1.7 pts
#140 Dyker Heights 28.3%-1.7 pts
#141 Borough Park 28.3%-1.7 pts
#142 Crown Heights (North) 28.3%-1.7 pts
#143 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 28.2%-1.8 pts
#144 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 28.2%-1.8 pts
#145 Inwood 28.2%-1.8 pts
#146 Woodside 27.9%-2.1 pts
#147 Bath Beach 27.8%-2.2 pts
#148 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 27.8%-2.2 pts
#149 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 27.7%-2.3 pts
#150 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 27.5%-2.5 pts
#151 Cypress Hills 27.5%-2.5 pts
#152 Midwood 27.3%-2.7 pts
#153 North Corona 27.2%-2.8 pts
#154 Washington Heights (North) 27.1%-2.9 pts
#155 Sunnyside 26.9%-3.1 pts
#156 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 26.8%-3.2 pts
#157 Upper West Side (Central) 26.5%-3.5 pts
#158 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 26.4%-3.6 pts
#159 Bay Ridge 25.9%-4.1 pts
#160 Ridgewood 25.6%-4.4 pts
#161 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 25.5%-4.5 pts
#162 Fort Greene 25.3%-4.7 pts
#163 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 25.2%-4.8 pts
#164 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 25.1%-4.9 pts
#165 Midtown-Times Square 24.8%-5.2 pts
#166 Kensington 24.8%-5.3 pts
#167 Bushwick (East) 24.7%-5.3 pts
#168 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 24.7%-5.3 pts
#169 Sunset Park (West) 24.3%-5.7 pts
#170 East Williamsburg 23.8%-6.2 pts
#171 East Village 23.1%-6.9 pts
#172 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 22.6%-7.4 pts
#173 Astoria (Central) 22.5%-7.5 pts
#174 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 22.3%-7.7 pts
#175 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 22.3%-7.7 pts
#176 Upper East Side-Yorkville 22.2%-7.8 pts
#177 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 22.2%-7.9 pts
#178 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 22%-8 pts
#179 Hell's Kitchen 22%-8 pts
#180 Clinton Hill 21.7%-8.3 pts
#181 Morningside Heights 21.3%-8.7 pts
#182 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 21.2%-8.8 pts
#183 West Village 20.9%-9.1 pts
#184 Greenwich Village 20.5%-9.5 pts
#185 Tribeca-Civic Center 20.4%-9.6 pts
#186 Prospect Heights 20.3%-9.7 pts
#187 Gramercy 20%-10 pts
#188 Brooklyn Heights 20%-10 pts
#189 Park Slope 19.4%-10.6 pts
#190 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 19.1%-10.9 pts
#191 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 19.1%-11 pts
#192 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 19%-11 pts
#193 Bushwick (West) 18.9%-11.1 pts
#194 Greenpoint 17.7%-12.3 pts
#195 Williamsburg 17.1%-12.9 pts
#196 Financial District-Battery Park City 16.4%-13.6 pts
#197 Long Island City-Hunters Point 16%-14 pts
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