2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 556 137 23.9 20.1-28.2 419 76.1 71.8-79.9
GENDER
Male 256 68 25.8 20.1-32.5 188 74.2 67.5-79.9
Female 300 69 22.2 17.3-28.1 231 77.8 71.9-82.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 85 21.9 17.5-27.2 277 78.1 72.8-82.5
Non-Hispanic Black 100 *** *** *** 61 65.8 55.0-75.1
Other 82 *** *** *** 72 87.2 75.9-93.7
AGE
18-44 195 17 10.0 6.1-16.1 178 90.0 83.9-93.9
45-64 186 45 26.9 20.2-35.0 141 73.1 65.0-79.8
65+ 156 72 48.0 39.0-57.2 84 52.0 42.8-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 49 28.3 21.1-36.8 115 71.7 63.2-78.9
Some Post-H.S. 160 44 26.0 19.3-34.0 116 74.0 66.0-80.7
College Graduate 229 43 15.9 11.6-21.3 186 84.1 78.7-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 57 32.1 24.4-40.9 105 67.9 59.1-75.6
$50,000+ 280 52 18.6 13.9-24.5 228 81.4 75.5-86.1
Don't know/Not Sure 114 28 23.8 16.1-33.8 86 76.2 66.2-83.9

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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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