2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Home/Self-measured Blood Pressure

Has your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommended you check your blood pressure outside of the office or at home?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,179 1,252 27.2 25.6-28.9 2,927 72.8 71.1-74.4
Medicaid Region 1 461 142 31.1 25.6-37.2 319 68.9 62.8-74.4
GENDER
Male 215 68 32.7 24.9-41.5 147 67.3 58.5-75.1
Female 246 74 29.7 21.7-39.1 172 70.3 60.9-78.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 114 31.5 25.2-38.6 252 68.5 61.4-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 16 14.9 8.0-25.9 51 85.1 74.1-92.0
AGE
18-44 128 15 10.0 5.8-16.8 113 90.0 83.2-94.2
45-64 171 59 39.3 29.7-49.7 112 60.7 50.3-70.3
65+ 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 128 45 26.9 19.3-36.1 83 73.1 63.9-80.7
College Graduate 168 42 22.0 15.8-29.7 126 78.0 70.3-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 177 52 26.5 20.0-34.3 125 73.5 65.7-80.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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