2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Home/Self-measured Blood Pressure

Has your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommended you check your blood pressure outside of the office or at home?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,179 1,252 27.2 25.6-28.9 2,927 72.8 71.1-74.4
GENDER
Male 1,892 589 28.8 26.4-31.4 1,303 71.2 68.6-73.6
Female 2,287 663 25.9 23.6-28.2 1,624 74.1 71.8-76.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,697 1,184 29.1 27.3-31.0 2,513 70.9 69.0-72.7
No 415 57 13.3 9.9-17.7 358 86.7 82.3-90.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,067 240 19.6 16.6-22.9 827 80.4 77.1-83.4
Overweight 1,312 378 25.7 23.0-28.6 934 74.3 71.4-77.0
Obese 1,410 550 36.2 33.2-39.4 860 63.8 60.6-66.8
Current Smoker
Yes 555 153 24.8 20.7-29.3 402 75.2 70.7-79.3
No 3,604 1,096 27.7 25.9-29.6 2,508 72.3 70.4-74.1
History of CVD**
Yes 476 308 66.8 61.3-71.9 168 33.2 28.1-38.7
No 3,659 921 22.3 20.7-24.0 2,738 77.7 76.0-79.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 550 109 18.6 15.0-22.7 441 81.4 77.3-85.0
No 3,444 1,090 29.0 27.1-30.9 2,354 71.0 69.1-72.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 209 45 19.0 13.8-25.5 164 81.0 74.5-86.2
No 3,779 1,154 27.9 26.2-29.7 2,625 72.1 70.3-73.8
COPD
Yes 324 171 50.2 42.9-57.5 153 49.8 42.5-57.1
No 3,840 1,073 25.2 23.6-26.9 2,767 74.8 73.1-76.4
Current Asthma
Yes 362 152 36.2 30.3-42.5 210 63.8 57.5-69.7
No 3,807 1,098 26.4 24.7-28.2 2,709 73.6 71.8-75.3
Diabetes
Yes 600 339 56.3 51.3-61.2 261 43.7 38.8-48.7
No 3,577 912 22.8 21.2-24.5 2,665 77.2 75.5-78.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,334 586 40.1 36.7-43.5 748 59.9 56.5-63.3
No 2,817 658 21.5 19.7-23.4 2,159 78.5 76.6-80.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,353 674 48.2 44.8-51.6 679 51.8 48.4-55.2
No 2,826 578 18.4 16.7-20.2 2,248 81.6 79.8-83.3

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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