Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Co-op City (82.3%). Lowest: Long Island City-Hunters Point (56.1%). New York City avg: 74.5%. Data: 2023.
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Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure 74.5%
Highest neighborhood Co-op City: 82.3%
Lowest neighborhood Long Island City-Hunters Point: 56.1%

Note: Reflects current medication use among adults with high blood pressure.

Universe: Adults 18 years and over with high blood pressure · 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 56% 25th pct 72% Median 74% 75th pct 77% Max 82%

Neighborhood ranking: Taking Medication for High Blood Pressure

#1 Co-op City 82.3%+7.8 pts
#2 Bay Terrace-Clearview 82%+7.5 pts
#3 Cambria Heights 81.6%+7.1 pts
#4 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 81.4%+6.9 pts
#5 Douglaston-Little Neck 81.1%+6.6 pts
#6 Flushing-Willets Point 80.6%+6 pts
#7 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 80.3%+5.8 pts
#8 Laurelton 80.3%+5.8 pts
#9 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 80.3%+5.8 pts
#10 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 80.2%+5.7 pts
#11 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 80.2%+5.7 pts
#12 Spring Creek-Starrett City 80.1%+5.5 pts
#13 Chinatown-Two Bridges 79.9%+5.4 pts
#14 Whitestone-Beechhurst 79.9%+5.3 pts
#15 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 79.7%+5.2 pts
#16 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 79.7%+5.2 pts
#17 Auburndale 79.5%+5 pts
#18 East Flushing 79.4%+4.9 pts
#19 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 79.4%+4.9 pts
#20 St. Albans 79.2%+4.7 pts
#21 Bayside 79.1%+4.6 pts
#22 Oakwood-Richmondtown 79.1%+4.6 pts
#23 Coney Island-Sea Gate 78.8%+4.3 pts
#24 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 78.7%+4.2 pts
#25 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 78.6%+4.1 pts
#26 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 78.5%+4 pts
#27 Forest Hills 78.5%+4 pts
#28 Bellerose 78.5%+4 pts
#29 Rego Park 78.4%+3.9 pts
#30 Great Kills-Eltingville 78.4%+3.9 pts
#31 Queens Village 78.2%+3.7 pts
#32 Rosedale 78.1%+3.6 pts
#33 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 78%+3.5 pts
#34 Hollis 78%+3.5 pts
#35 Middle Village 78%+3.5 pts
#36 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 77.9%+3.4 pts
#37 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 77.9%+3.4 pts
#38 Pelham Gardens 77.8%+3.3 pts
#39 Queensboro Hill 77.8%+3.3 pts
#40 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 77.8%+3.3 pts
#41 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 77.6%+3.1 pts
#42 New Dorp-Midland Beach 77.5%+3 pts
#43 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 77.3%+2.8 pts
#44 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 77.2%+2.7 pts
#45 Brighton Beach 77.1%+2.6 pts
#46 Parkchester 77.1%+2.6 pts
#47 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 77.1%+2.6 pts
#48 East Flatbush-Farragut 77.1%+2.6 pts
#49 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 77.1%+2.6 pts
#50 St. George-New Brighton 77.1%+2.6 pts
#51 Baisley Park 76.9%+2.4 pts
#52 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 76.9%+2.4 pts
#53 Kew Gardens Hills 76.9%+2.4 pts
#54 East Flatbush-Rugby 76.9%+2.3 pts
#55 Arden Heights-Rossville 76.8%+2.3 pts
#56 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 76.8%+2.3 pts
#57 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 76.8%+2.3 pts
#58 Upper West Side (Central) 76.6%+2.1 pts
#59 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 76.6%+2.1 pts
#60 South Jamaica 76.4%+1.9 pts
#61 Wakefield-Woodlawn 76.3%+1.8 pts
#62 Gravesend (South) 76.2%+1.7 pts
#63 Tottenville-Charleston 76.2%+1.7 pts
#64 Flatlands 76.2%+1.7 pts
#65 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 76.2%+1.7 pts
#66 Williamsbridge-Olinville 76%+1.5 pts
#67 College Point 76%+1.5 pts
#68 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 76%+1.5 pts
#69 Kew Gardens 76%+1.5 pts
#70 Canarsie 75.9%+1.4 pts
#71 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 75.8%+1.3 pts
#72 Jamaica 75.8%+1.3 pts
#73 Soundview-Clason Point 75.7%+1.2 pts
#74 Allerton 75.6%+1.1 pts
#75 South Ozone Park 75.6%+1.1 pts
#76 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 75.6%+1.1 pts
#77 Jackson Heights 75.6%+1 pts
#78 Maspeth 75.5%+1 pts
#79 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 75.3%+0.8 pts
#80 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 75.3%+0.8 pts
#81 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 75.1%+0.6 pts
#82 Madison 75%+0.5 pts
#83 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 74.9%+0.4 pts
#84 Concourse-Concourse Village 74.9%+0.4 pts
#85 Harlem (North) 74.9%+0.4 pts
#86 Elmhurst 74.8%+0.3 pts
#87 Ozone Park 74.8%+0.3 pts
#88 Gravesend (West) 74.8%+0.3 pts
#89 Woodside 74.7%+0.2 pts
#90 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 74.7%+0.2 pts
#91 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 74.7%+0.2 pts
#92 West Farms 74.6%+0.1 pts
#93 Lower East Side 74.6%+0.1 pts
#94 Castle Hill-Unionport 74.5%+0 pts
#95 East New York-New Lots 74.5%+0 pts
#96 Glendale 74.5%+0 pts
#97 East Flatbush-Erasmus 74.4%-0.1 pts
#98 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 74.4%-0.1 pts
#99 Port Richmond 74.3%-0.2 pts
#100 South Richmond Hill 74.3%-0.2 pts
#101 Brownsville 74.2%-0.3 pts
#102 East Harlem (North) 74.2%-0.3 pts
#103 Richmond Hill 74.2%-0.3 pts
#104 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 74.2%-0.3 pts
#105 Dyker Heights 74.2%-0.3 pts
#106 Woodhaven 74.1%-0.4 pts
#107 Tremont 74.1%-0.4 pts
#108 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 74.1%-0.4 pts
#109 East Harlem (South) 74.1%-0.4 pts
#110 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 74%-0.5 pts
#111 Bath Beach 74%-0.5 pts
#112 Westchester Square 74%-0.5 pts
#113 Morris Park 73.9%-0.6 pts
#114 East Elmhurst 73.8%-0.7 pts
#115 Highbridge 73.7%-0.8 pts
#116 Melrose 73.7%-0.8 pts
#117 Bensonhurst 73.7%-0.8 pts
#118 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 73.7%-0.8 pts
#119 Crotona Park East 73.6%-0.9 pts
#120 Morrisania 73.5%-1 pts
#121 Midwood 73.5%-1 pts
#122 Harlem (South) 73.4%-1.1 pts
#123 University Heights (North)-Fordham 73.3%-1.2 pts
#124 Crown Heights (South) 73.3%-1.2 pts
#125 Inwood 73.2%-1.3 pts
#126 Longwood 73.2%-1.3 pts
#127 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 73.2%-1.3 pts
#128 Washington Heights (North) 73.2%-1.3 pts
#129 Ozone Park (North) 73.1%-1.4 pts
#130 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 73.1%-1.5 pts
#131 Washington Heights (South) 73.1%-1.5 pts
#132 Bedford Park 73%-1.5 pts
#133 Flatbush 73%-1.5 pts
#134 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 72.9%-1.6 pts
#135 East New York-City Line 72.8%-1.7 pts
#136 Mott Haven-Port Morris 72.7%-1.8 pts
#137 Mount Hope 72.7%-1.8 pts
#138 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 72.7%-1.8 pts
#139 Sunnyside 72.7%-1.8 pts
#140 Midtown-Times Square 72.6%-1.9 pts
#141 Corona 72.4%-2.1 pts
#142 Bay Ridge 72.4%-2.1 pts
#143 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 72.4%-2.1 pts
#144 Norwood 72.4%-2.1 pts
#145 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 72.4%-2.1 pts
#146 Ocean Hill 72.3%-2.2 pts
#147 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 72.3%-2.2 pts
#148 Upper East Side-Yorkville 72%-2.5 pts
#149 East New York (North) 71.9%-2.6 pts
#150 Hunts Point 71.9%-2.6 pts
#151 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 71.8%-2.7 pts
#152 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 71.8%-2.8 pts
#153 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 71.7%-2.8 pts
#154 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 71.6%-2.9 pts
#155 Fordham Heights 71.6%-2.9 pts
#156 Manhattanville-West Harlem 71.2%-3.3 pts
#157 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 71.2%-3.3 pts
#158 Kensington 70.9%-3.6 pts
#159 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 70.9%-3.6 pts
#160 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 70.6%-3.9 pts
#161 Sunset Park (Central) 70.5%-4 pts
#162 West Village 70.2%-4.3 pts
#163 Crown Heights (North) 70.2%-4.3 pts
#164 Greenwich Village 70.2%-4.3 pts
#165 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 69.9%-4.7 pts
#166 Cypress Hills 69.8%-4.7 pts
#167 Ridgewood 69.6%-4.9 pts
#168 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 69.4%-5.1 pts
#169 Borough Park 69.3%-5.2 pts
#170 Fort Greene 69.2%-5.3 pts
#171 Brooklyn Heights 69%-5.5 pts
#172 Gramercy 69%-5.5 pts
#173 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 68.6%-5.9 pts
#174 Belmont 68.5%-6 pts
#175 Astoria (Central) 68.4%-6.2 pts
#176 Hell's Kitchen 68.2%-6.3 pts
#177 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 68.1%-6.4 pts
#178 East Village 68.1%-6.4 pts
#179 Clinton Hill 68%-6.5 pts
#180 North Corona 67.7%-6.8 pts
#181 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 67.2%-7.3 pts
#182 Prospect Heights 66.8%-7.7 pts
#183 Park Slope 66.7%-7.8 pts
#184 Tribeca-Civic Center 66.7%-7.8 pts
#185 South Williamsburg 66.6%-7.9 pts
#186 Bushwick (East) 66.5%-8 pts
#187 Morningside Heights 66.4%-8.1 pts
#188 Sunset Park (West) 66.2%-8.3 pts
#189 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 66.2%-8.3 pts
#190 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 66.1%-8.4 pts
#191 East Williamsburg 65.2%-9.3 pts
#192 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 61.1%-13.4 pts
#193 Greenpoint 61%-13.5 pts
#194 Financial District-Battery Park City 60.2%-14.3 pts
#195 Bushwick (West) 59.5%-15 pts
#196 Williamsburg 57.5%-17 pts
#197 Long Island City-Hunters Point 56.1%-18.4 pts
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