2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 4,179 1,252 27.2 25.6-28.9 2,927 72.8 71.1-74.4
Region 1 & 2 439 138 31.7 26.0-38.0 301 68.3 62.0-74.0
GENDER
Male 204 66 33.7 25.6-43.0 138 66.3 57.0-74.4
Female 235 72 29.9 21.8-39.6 163 70.1 60.4-78.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 344 110 32.2 25.7-39.5 234 67.8 60.5-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 16 15.0 8.1-26.1 51 85.0 73.9-91.9
AGE
18-44 125 15 10.2 5.8-17.1 110 89.8 82.9-94.2
45-64 159 *** *** *** 103 59.8 49.0-69.8
65+ 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 121 43 26.3 18.7-35.6 78 73.7 64.4-81.3
College Graduate 157 40 22.6 16.2-30.5 117 77.4 69.5-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 164 50 27.8 20.9-36.0 114 72.2 64.0-79.1
Don't know/Not Sure 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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