2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 449 136 28.7 24.1-33.8 313 71.3 66.2-75.9
GENDER
Male 206 68 32.1 25.4-39.5 138 67.9 60.5-74.6
Female 243 68 25.6 19.5-32.9 175 74.4 67.1-80.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 344 101 27.7 22.8-33.2 243 72.3 66.8-77.2
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 28 18.6 12.4-27.0 115 81.4 73.0-87.6
45-64 162 51 31.6 24.4-39.7 111 68.4 60.3-75.6
65+ 136 54 40.2 31.0-50.3 82 59.8 49.7-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 49 31.2 23.7-39.8 101 68.8 60.2-76.3
Some Post-H.S. 147 48 28.4 20.9-37.3 99 71.6 62.7-79.1
College Graduate 152 39 24.6 17.8-33.0 113 75.4 67.0-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 54 30.6 22.8-39.7 106 69.4 60.3-77.2
$50,000+ 189 49 24.1 18.1-31.3 140 75.9 68.7-81.9
Don't know/Not Sure 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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