2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 585 501 83.3 78.7-87.1 48 8.3 5.7-12.1 *** *** *** 26 6.5 4.1-10.0
GENDER
Male 245 199 77.9 70.2-84.0 23 9.2 5.5-14.9 *** *** *** 18 10.2 6.0-17.0
Female 340 302 88.1 82.3-92.2 25 7.5 4.2-13.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 275 82.2 75.8-87.2 25 9.7 6.0-15.3 *** *** *** 15 6.3 3.5-11.3
Non-Hispanic Black 123 110 90.3 82.2-94.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 142 116 77.6 66.5-85.9 15 8.4 4.6-15.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 114 75.2 65.7-82.8 20 11.8 6.5-20.4 *** *** *** 13 9.9 5.3-17.5
45-64 225 191 83.5 76.5-88.7 17 8.4 4.9-14.0 *** *** *** 12 6.3 3.2-12.0
65+ 205 193 95.3 89.4-98.0 11 3.0 1.4- 6.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 199 78.7 70.7-84.9 23 8.7 5.0-14.5 *** *** *** 16 10.6 6.1-17.9
Some College + 342 301 87.0 81.3-91.1 25 8.1 4.7-13.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 243 78.9 71.4-84.8 28 9.3 5.4-15.7 *** *** *** 19 9.3 5.4-15.4
$50,000+ 175 153 89.2 82.9-93.4 15 7.4 4.0-13.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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