2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Home/Self-measured Blood Pressure

Do you regularly check your blood pressure outside of your healthcare professional’s office or at home?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,180 1,323 29.2 27.5-31.0 2,857 70.8 69.0-72.5
Medicaid Region 2 672 210 30.2 26.2-34.5 462 69.8 65.5-73.8
GENDER
Male 314 113 36.8 30.6-43.5 201 63.2 56.5-69.4
Female 358 97 24.3 19.4-29.9 261 75.7 70.1-80.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 484 149 29.6 25.2-34.5 335 70.4 65.5-74.8
Non-Hispanic Black 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 227 45 20.8 14.7-28.6 182 79.2 71.4-85.3
45-64 238 80 33.8 27.2-41.1 158 66.2 58.9-72.8
65+ 194 80 40.0 32.2-48.3 114 60.0 51.7-67.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 71 31.6 25.1-38.9 144 68.4 61.1-74.9
Some Post-H.S. 205 71 32.6 25.2-40.8 134 67.4 59.2-74.8
College Graduate 252 68 24.3 19.1-30.4 184 75.7 69.6-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 243 85 31.9 25.4-39.1 158 68.1 60.9-74.6
$50,000+ 281 81 28.1 22.5-34.5 200 71.9 65.5-77.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 44 30.6 21.6-41.4 104 69.4 58.6-78.4

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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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