2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 630 547 84.1 79.7-87.7 52 10.3 7.4-14.1 18 3.4 1.9- 6.3 13 2.2 1.1- 4.3
GENDER
Male 261 218 84.2 78.0-88.9 26 10.3 6.6-15.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 369 329 84.0 77.4-88.9 26 10.3 6.4-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 351 87.3 82.0-91.1 30 9.3 6.0-14.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 190 168 82.3 73.0-88.8 14 10.7 5.9-18.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 159 119 73.4 64.1-81.1 21 17.1 10.9-25.8 11 5.4 2.3-12.0 *** *** ***
45-64 234 208 89.6 84.6-93.2 18 6.5 3.9-10.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 228 213 93.1 87.7-96.3 12 5.1 2.6- 9.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 221 82.3 75.4-87.6 23 10.1 6.1-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 367 325 85.8 79.9-90.2 28 10.4 6.8-15.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 291 250 84.6 78.4-89.2 23 9.6 5.8-15.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 211 185 84.4 75.8-90.3 18 10.7 6.0-18.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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