2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 560 208 34.6 29.9-39.5 352 65.4 60.5-70.1
GENDER
Male 239 89 35.8 28.5-43.7 150 64.2 56.3-71.5
Female 321 119 33.5 27.7-39.7 202 66.5 60.3-72.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 118 31.3 25.6-37.5 220 68.7 62.5-74.4
Non-Hispanic Black 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 15 15.8 8.9-26.5 57 84.2 73.5-91.1
AGE
18-44 171 27 15.1 9.6-22.9 144 84.9 77.1-90.4
45-64 192 82 43.8 35.8-52.2 110 56.2 47.8-64.2
65+ 183 95 55.6 47.1-63.7 88 44.4 36.3-52.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 76 36.7 29.3-44.8 126 63.3 55.2-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 151 53 31.0 23.1-40.2 98 69.0 59.8-76.9
College Graduate 200 76 36.3 29.1-44.3 124 63.7 55.7-70.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 84 34.3 27.1-42.2 124 65.7 57.8-72.9
$50,000+ 206 74 36.7 29.0-45.2 132 63.3 54.8-71.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 50 32.2 23.4-42.6 96 67.8 57.4-76.6

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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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