2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 670 199 26.8 23.1-30.8 471 73.2 69.2-76.9
GENDER
Male 312 103 30.9 25.4-37.0 209 69.1 63.0-74.6
Female 358 96 23.1 18.3-28.8 262 76.9 71.2-81.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 481 136 25.9 21.8-30.6 345 74.1 69.4-78.2
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 71 11 11.9 5.9-22.5 60 88.1 77.5-94.1
AGE
18-44 227 38 13.8 9.5-19.5 189 86.2 80.5-90.5
45-64 236 72 30.2 23.8-37.4 164 69.8 62.6-76.2
65+ 194 87 44.0 35.8-52.6 107 56.0 47.4-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 64 27.4 21.2-34.5 149 72.6 65.5-78.8
Some Post-H.S. 204 59 24.5 18.5-31.7 145 75.5 68.3-81.5
College Graduate 253 76 29.2 23.3-36.1 177 70.8 63.9-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 82 30.8 24.4-38.0 162 69.2 62.0-75.6
$50,000+ 280 77 25.4 20.2-31.5 203 74.6 68.5-79.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 40 22.2 15.5-30.8 106 77.8 69.2-84.5

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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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