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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,698 1,225 30.7 28.8-32.6 2,473 69.3 67.4-71.2
No 414 76 18.4 14.2-23.4 338 81.6 76.6-85.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,067 286 24.8 21.5-28.4 781 75.2 71.6-78.5
Overweight 1,316 420 29.0 26.1-32.0 896 71.0 68.0-73.9
Obese 1,407 533 35.8 32.7-39.1 874 64.2 60.9-67.3
Current Smoker
Yes 554 169 28.5 24.1-33.3 385 71.5 66.7-75.9
No 3,605 1,151 29.4 27.6-31.3 2,454 70.6 68.7-72.4
History of CVD**
Yes 478 280 57.7 51.9-63.3 198 42.3 36.7-48.1
No 3,657 1,019 25.5 23.8-27.3 2,638 74.5 72.7-76.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 548 117 20.8 17.0-25.1 431 79.2 74.9-83.0
No 3,447 1,138 30.5 28.6-32.4 2,309 69.5 67.6-71.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 208 55 26.2 19.9-33.8 153 73.8 66.2-80.1
No 3,781 1,202 29.3 27.5-31.2 2,579 70.7 68.8-72.5
COPD
Yes 324 162 46.7 39.3-54.2 162 53.3 45.8-60.7
No 3,841 1,153 27.6 25.9-29.4 2,688 72.4 70.6-74.1
Current Asthma
Yes 364 140 32.4 26.9-38.6 224 67.6 61.4-73.1
No 3,806 1,181 28.9 27.2-30.8 2,625 71.1 69.2-72.8
Diabetes
Yes 601 306 50.5 45.4-55.6 295 49.5 44.4-54.6
No 3,577 1,016 25.9 24.2-27.8 2,561 74.1 72.2-75.8
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,356 642 45.0 41.6-48.4 714 55.0 51.6-58.4
No 2,824 681 22.5 20.6-24.5 2,143 77.5 75.5-79.4

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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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