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

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%)
North Carolina 4,180 1,323 29.2 27.5-31.0 2,857 70.8 69.0-72.5
Region 1 & 2 435 129 31.5 25.9-37.7 306 68.5 62.3-74.1
GENDER
Male 202 64 33.0 24.8-42.5 138 67.0 57.5-75.2
Female 233 65 30.1 22.0-39.7 168 69.9 60.3-78.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 107 33.3 27.1-40.1 236 66.7 59.9-72.9
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 65 14 15.6 8.2-27.6 51 84.4 72.4-91.8
AGE
18-44 124 *** *** *** 114 92.3 85.7-96.0
45-64 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 118 37 27.1 18.4-37.9 81 72.9 62.1-81.6
College Graduate 156 34 19.7 13.8-27.2 122 80.3 72.8-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 163 43 25.3 18.5-33.6 120 74.7 66.4-81.5
Don't know/Not Sure 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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