2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Home/Self-measured Blood Pressure

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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 5 1,044 354 28.2 25.0-31.7 690 71.8 68.3-75.0
GENDER
Male 448 152 30.4 25.4-35.8 296 69.6 64.2-74.6
Female 596 202 26.3 22.2-30.8 394 73.7 69.2-77.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 561 176 27.2 23.1-31.7 385 72.8 68.3-76.9
Non-Hispanic Black 250 112 37.9 30.7-45.7 138 62.1 54.3-69.3
Other 221 64 17.4 11.8-24.8 157 82.6 75.2-88.2
AGE
18-44 300 40 10.0 6.8-14.4 260 90.0 85.6-93.2
45-64 332 114 36.0 29.9-42.7 218 64.0 57.3-70.1
65+ 389 193 48.0 41.6-54.4 196 52.0 45.6-58.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 390 142 31.7 26.1-37.8 248 68.3 62.2-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 305 99 25.6 20.4-31.6 206 74.4 68.4-79.6
College Graduate 347 113 26.2 21.4-31.7 234 73.8 68.3-78.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 410 161 31.4 26.1-37.2 249 68.6 62.8-73.9
$50,000+ 385 100 21.7 17.2-27.0 285 78.3 73.0-82.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 249 93 34.5 27.2-42.7 156 65.5 57.3-72.8

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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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