2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 3,149 2,575 79.7 77.9-81.4 369 12.5 11.2-14.0 88 3.1 2.4- 3.9 117 4.6 3.8- 5.7
GENDER
Male 1,430 1,091 74.0 71.1-76.6 202 14.8 12.7-17.2 50 3.8 2.8- 5.1 87 7.4 5.8- 9.4
Female 1,719 1,484 84.9 82.6-86.9 167 10.5 8.8-12.4 38 2.5 1.7- 3.7 30 2.2 1.4- 3.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,757 2,337 82.8 81.0-84.5 304 12.3 10.9-14.0 59 2.4 1.8- 3.2 57 2.5 1.9- 3.3
No 387 234 60.9 55.1-66.5 64 13.6 10.5-17.6 29 7.6 5.1-11.2 60 17.8 13.4-23.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 773 622 78.3 74.4-81.8 100 13.0 10.4-16.1 20 2.6 1.6- 4.3 31 6.1 4.0- 9.1
Overweight 1,068 868 78.1 74.8-81.0 141 15.4 12.8-18.3 23 2.7 1.7- 4.2 36 3.8 2.7- 5.5
Obese 1,039 879 82.8 79.8-85.5 93 9.7 7.6-12.1 32 3.4 2.2- 5.1 35 4.2 2.9- 6.1
Current Smoker
Yes 508 397 74.9 69.9-79.4 68 14.4 11.0-18.6 *** *** *** 31 7.6 5.0-11.5
No 2,619 2,159 80.8 78.9-82.6 299 12.1 10.7-13.7 76 3.1 2.4- 4.1 85 4.0 3.1- 5.0
History of CVD**
Yes 404 374 91.3 86.4-94.6 23 6.2 3.4-10.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,713 2,172 78.2 76.2-80.0 343 13.3 11.8-14.9 85 3.4 2.7- 4.3 113 5.1 4.1- 6.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 358 273 75.0 69.3-79.9 48 13.5 9.9-18.2 18 6.5 3.9-10.8 19 5.0 3.1- 8.1
No 2,664 2,210 80.6 78.7-82.4 299 12.3 10.8-13.9 67 2.7 2.0- 3.5 88 4.4 3.5- 5.6
COPD
Yes 286 257 86.7 80.0-91.4 25 10.6 6.6-16.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,854 2,310 79.0 77.1-80.8 343 12.7 11.3-14.3 86 3.3 2.6- 4.1 115 5.0 4.0- 6.1
Current Asthma
Yes 283 251 88.5 83.4-92.2 25 8.7 5.6-13.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,857 2,318 79.0 77.1-80.8 343 12.9 11.5-14.5 87 3.4 2.6- 4.3 109 4.8 3.8- 5.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,089 959 86.3 83.5-88.8 82 7.9 6.1-10.3 16 1.7 0.9- 3.0 32 4.0 2.7- 5.9
No 2,041 1,600 76.4 74.1-78.6 284 14.8 13.0-16.7 72 3.8 2.9- 5.0 85 5.0 3.9- 6.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,066 984 90.4 87.6-92.6 65 7.3 5.3- 9.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 2,083 1,591 75.1 72.9-77.3 304 14.8 13.1-16.7 80 4.0 3.1- 5.1 108 6.1 4.9- 7.5

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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