2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
-Eastern NC 1,603 527 27.9 25.3-30.7 1,076 72.1 69.3-74.7
GENDER
Male 686 220 28.7 24.7-33.1 466 71.3 66.9-75.3
Female 917 307 27.1 23.8-30.7 610 72.9 69.3-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 880 272 27.0 23.7-30.6 608 73.0 69.4-76.3
Non-Hispanic Black 408 174 35.2 29.6-41.3 234 64.8 58.7-70.4
Other 292 77 16.7 12.0-22.7 215 83.3 77.3-88.0
AGE
18-34 255 23 7.0 4.4-11.1 232 93.0 88.9-95.6
35-44 215 39 15.5 10.9-21.6 176 84.5 78.4-89.1
45-54 241 74 28.0 22.0-35.0 167 72.0 65.0-78.0
55-64 307 116 42.2 35.3-49.3 191 57.8 50.7-64.7
65-74 355 169 45.4 39.1-51.9 186 54.6 48.1-60.9
75+ 194 98 51.9 42.5-61.3 96 48.1 38.7-57.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 433 150 26.9 22.3-31.9 283 73.1 68.1-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 447 139 25.7 21.2-30.7 308 74.3 69.3-78.8
College Graduate 558 179 26.8 22.7-31.2 379 73.2 68.8-77.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 581 273 39.7 34.7-44.9 308 60.3 55.1-65.3
No 1,009 251 21.8 18.9-25.1 758 78.2 74.9-81.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 247 91 34.3 27.5-41.7 156 65.7 58.3-72.5
Non-Veteran 1,352 436 26.7 23.9-29.7 916 73.3 70.3-76.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 785 167 18.9 15.8-22.4 618 81.1 77.6-84.2
Unemployed 84 24 20.6 12.6-31.8 60 79.4 68.2-87.4
Retired 496 238 48.8 43.1-54.5 258 51.2 45.5-56.9
Unable to Work 142 82 54.5 44.2-64.4 60 45.5 35.6-55.8
Other not in Labor Force 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 161 60 27.2 19.0-37.3 101 72.8 62.7-81.0
$25,000- 34,999 169 64 34.7 26.3-44.1 105 65.3 55.9-73.7
$35,000- 49,999 179 52 23.2 17.1-30.7 127 76.8 69.3-82.9
$50,000- 74,999 202 61 25.1 18.5-33.1 141 74.9 66.9-81.5
$75,000+ 403 108 25.6 20.8-31.2 295 74.4 68.8-79.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 391 136 30.5 25.1-36.5 255 69.5 63.5-74.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 122 47 30.4 21.5-41.1 75 69.6 58.9-78.5
101% to 150% 146 46 21.4 14.4-30.5 100 78.6 69.5-85.6
151% to 200% 138 48 30.9 22.3-41.2 90 69.1 58.8-77.7
More than 200% 756 230 27.4 23.7-31.5 526 72.6 68.5-76.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 391 136 30.5 25.1-36.5 255 69.5 63.5-74.9
HOUSING
Own 1,102 397 32.1 28.8-35.6 705 67.9 64.4-71.2
Rent 370 95 18.0 14.2-22.5 275 82.0 77.5-85.8
Other arrangement 115 28 17.3 10.8-26.7 87 82.7 73.3-89.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 134 33 19.0 12.7-27.4 101 81.0 72.6-87.3
Regional City or Suburban County 420 127 27.0 22.4-32.2 293 73.0 67.8-77.6
Rural 1,049 367 29.3 25.9-32.9 682 70.7 67.1-74.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 835 286 28.7 24.8-33.0 549 71.3 67.0-75.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 618 204 28.0 24.2-32.2 414 72.0 67.8-75.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 150 37 24.2 17.0-33.2 113 75.8 66.8-83.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 307 83 22.4 17.6-28.2 224 77.6 71.8-82.4
2nd Quartile 180 48 26.6 19.8-34.8 132 73.4 65.2-80.2
3rd Quartile 512 179 30.8 26.3-35.6 333 69.2 64.4-73.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 604 217 28.5 23.8-33.7 387 71.5 66.3-76.2

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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