2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,180 1,323 29.2 27.5-31.0 2,857 70.8 69.0-72.5
GENDER
Male 1,892 644 32.6 30.0-35.3 1,248 67.4 64.7-70.0
Female 2,288 679 26.2 24.0-28.6 1,609 73.8 71.4-76.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,642 788 28.3 26.2-30.5 1,854 71.7 69.5-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 800 345 38.9 34.7-43.2 455 61.1 56.8-65.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 400 67 15.2 11.4-19.9 333 84.8 80.1-88.6
AGE
18-34 733 77 11.0 8.5-14.2 656 89.0 85.8-91.5
35-44 642 132 20.5 16.9-24.6 510 79.5 75.4-83.1
45-54 691 197 26.9 23.2-31.0 494 73.1 69.0-76.8
55-64 734 274 38.7 34.3-43.3 460 61.3 56.7-65.7
65-74 789 368 47.3 42.6-52.1 421 52.7 47.9-57.4
75+ 497 249 50.2 44.4-56.0 248 49.8 44.0-55.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 393 108 27.4 21.8-33.9 285 72.6 66.1-78.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 978 360 35.0 31.3-38.8 618 65.0 61.2-68.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,125 382 30.2 27.1-33.6 743 69.8 66.4-72.9
College Graduate 1,665 466 23.5 21.3-25.8 1,199 76.5 74.2-78.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,338 557 38.3 35.0-41.7 781 61.7 58.3-65.0
No 2,815 761 25.2 23.3-27.3 2,054 74.8 72.7-76.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 518 223 40.2 35.3-45.4 295 59.8 54.6-64.7
Non-Veteran 3,652 1,099 27.9 26.1-29.7 2,553 72.1 70.3-73.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,233 513 21.8 19.8-24.0 1,720 78.2 76.0-80.2
Unemployed 207 56 25.0 18.5-32.9 151 75.0 67.1-81.5
Retired 1,166 559 49.2 45.4-52.9 607 50.8 47.1-54.6
Unable to Work 306 149 46.2 39.0-53.6 157 53.8 46.4-61.0
Other not in Labor Force 238 34 11.9 7.5-18.5 204 88.1 81.5-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 237 96 35.5 27.4-44.6 141 64.5 55.4-72.6
$15,000- 24,999 374 149 35.7 29.6-42.2 225 64.3 57.8-70.4
$25,000- 34,999 430 150 34.6 28.8-40.9 280 65.4 59.1-71.2
$35,000- 49,999 435 139 26.8 22.2-32.0 296 73.2 68.0-77.8
$50,000-74,999 527 151 27.3 22.8-32.3 376 72.7 67.7-77.2
$75,000-100,000 423 125 28.5 23.5-34.1 298 71.5 65.9-76.5
$100,000-150,000 452 125 27.4 22.7-32.7 327 72.6 67.3-77.3
$150,000+ 364 89 21.1 16.8-26.1 275 78.9 73.9-83.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 938 299 29.4 25.7-33.3 639 70.6 66.7-74.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 97 26 19.7 12.2-30.4 71 80.3 69.6-87.8
50% to 100% 335 121 33.6 26.9-41.1 214 66.4 58.9-73.1
101% to 150% 360 115 29.0 23.4-35.3 245 71.0 64.7-76.6
151% to 200% 329 129 36.8 30.2-44.0 200 63.2 56.0-69.8
More than 200% 2,106 627 27.3 25.1-29.7 1,479 72.7 70.3-74.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 938 299 29.4 25.7-33.3 639 70.6 66.7-74.3
HOUSING
Own 2,836 983 32.6 30.5-34.8 1,853 67.4 65.2-69.5
Rent 1,018 265 22.4 19.5-25.6 753 77.6 74.4-80.5
Other arrangement 280 63 17.0 12.3-22.9 217 83.0 77.1-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,212 310 24.6 21.7-27.6 902 75.4 72.4-78.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,111 328 27.9 24.8-31.2 783 72.1 68.8-75.2
Rural 1,857 685 34.0 31.2-36.9 1,172 66.0 63.1-68.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,203 458 34.3 30.7-38.1 745 65.7 61.9-69.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,700 545 30.3 27.6-33.2 1,155 69.7 66.8-72.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,277 320 24.5 21.8-27.4 957 75.5 72.6-78.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,238 339 27.2 24.3-30.5 899 72.8 69.5-75.7
2nd Quartile 1,046 318 28.5 25.4-31.9 728 71.5 68.1-74.6
3rd Quartile 1,222 390 30.6 27.5-33.9 832 69.4 66.1-72.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 674 276 33.0 28.3-37.9 398 67.0 62.1-71.7

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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