2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Hypertension Screening

About how long has it been since you last had your blood pressure taken by a doctor, nurse,
or other health professional?

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past 6 months 6 to 12 months ago 1 to 2 years ago 2 or more years ago or never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,788 3,178 80.8 79.0-82.5 346 10.2 9.0-11.6 126 4.2 3.4- 5.2 138 4.8 3.8- 5.9
Region 1 & 2 675 561 80.5 75.3-84.8 60 9.8 6.7-14.2 25 3.8 2.3- 6.2 29 5.9 3.5- 9.7
GENDER
Male 294 235 76.5 67.7-83.5 24 10.6 5.7-19.0 16 4.4 2.4- 8.2 19 8.4 4.5-15.3
Female 381 326 84.2 78.2-88.8 36 9.1 6.0-13.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 602 504 80.0 74.3-84.7 55 9.8 6.5-14.6 20 4.0 2.3- 6.7 23 6.2 3.6-10.4
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 142 *** *** *** 19 17.0 9.5-28.6 *** *** *** 13 11.3 5.7-21.3
45-64 245 191 80.1 72.3-86.1 25 7.1 4.1-12.0 15 7.8 4.2-14.0 14 5.0 2.3-10.7
65+ 281 261 92.8 88.1-95.8 16 5.6 3.0-10.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 183 81.1 72.2-87.6 21 10.4 5.6-18.4 11 3.0 1.3- 6.7 12 5.6 2.4-12.6
Some College + 447 377 79.9 73.4-85.2 39 9.5 5.9-14.9 14 4.5 2.4- 8.2 17 6.1 3.3-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 319 263 80.3 72.3-86.4 23 7.9 4.2-14.4 11 2.4 1.0- 5.4 22 9.5 5.2-16.5
$50,000+ 238 204 82.2 72.9-88.8 23 10.8 5.7-19.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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