2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 877 239 27.9 24.6-31.5 638 72.1 68.5-75.4
GENDER
Male 418 123 28.9 24.1-34.2 295 71.1 65.8-75.9
Female 459 116 27.0 22.5-32.1 343 73.0 67.9-77.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 521 137 26.9 22.7-31.6 384 73.1 68.4-77.3
Non-Hispanic Black 185 74 38.8 31.0-47.1 111 61.2 52.9-69.0
Other 157 26 16.4 10.8-24.1 131 83.6 75.9-89.2
AGE
18-44 353 49 14.0 10.4-18.7 304 86.0 81.3-89.6
45-64 302 87 31.2 25.4-37.8 215 68.8 62.2-74.6
65+ 204 100 53.1 45.0-61.1 104 46.9 38.9-55.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 234 54 26.7 20.4-34.0 180 73.3 66.0-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 173 60 36.0 28.5-44.3 113 64.0 55.7-71.5
College Graduate 465 123 23.6 19.8-27.8 342 76.4 72.2-80.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 72 28.2 22.2-35.1 193 71.8 64.9-77.8
$50,000+ 434 115 25.8 21.3-30.8 319 74.2 69.2-78.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 178 52 32.7 25.2-41.2 126 67.3 58.8-74.8

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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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