2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Home/Self-measured Blood Pressure

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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 3 446 133 26.9 22.5-31.8 313 73.1 68.2-77.5
GENDER
Male 204 63 29.9 23.5-37.1 141 70.1 62.9-76.5
Female 242 70 24.2 18.4-31.1 172 75.8 68.9-81.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 341 96 25.7 21.0-31.0 245 74.3 69.0-79.0
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 22 11.8 7.4-18.4 121 88.2 81.6-92.6
45-64 160 46 29.3 22.0-38.0 114 70.7 62.0-78.0
65+ 135 64 48.3 38.7-58.1 71 51.7 41.9-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 47 30.6 23.1-39.2 102 69.4 60.8-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 145 39 22.3 15.8-30.6 106 77.7 69.4-84.2
College Graduate 152 47 28.5 21.1-37.3 105 71.5 62.7-78.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 53 30.1 22.3-39.4 106 69.9 60.6-77.7
$50,000+ 188 45 19.8 14.5-26.5 143 80.2 73.5-85.5
Don't know/Not Sure 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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