2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 559 176 27.6 23.4-32.1 383 72.4 67.9-76.6
GENDER
Male 238 72 25.8 19.8-32.8 166 74.2 67.2-80.2
Female 321 104 29.2 23.8-35.3 217 70.8 64.7-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 105 27.1 22.0-32.9 233 72.9 67.1-78.0
Non-Hispanic Black 136 54 33.2 24.5-43.2 82 66.8 56.8-75.5
Other 72 15 15.5 8.7-26.0 57 84.5 74.0-91.3
AGE
18-44 170 20 8.7 5.4-13.7 150 91.3 86.3-94.6
45-64 193 68 36.8 29.0-45.3 125 63.2 54.7-71.0
65+ 182 87 47.8 39.3-56.4 95 52.2 43.6-60.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 68 29.6 22.9-37.2 133 70.4 62.8-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 151 43 23.1 16.4-31.5 108 76.9 68.5-83.6
College Graduate 200 64 31.3 24.4-39.2 136 68.7 60.8-75.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 70 27.0 20.8-34.2 138 73.0 65.8-79.2
$50,000+ 207 60 26.0 19.7-33.5 147 74.0 66.5-80.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 144 46 30.4 21.9-40.5 98 69.6 59.5-78.1

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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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