2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 556 147 27.0 23.0-31.5 409 73.0 68.5-77.0
GENDER
Male 256 76 30.6 24.3-37.6 180 69.4 62.4-75.7
Female 300 71 24.1 19.0-30.1 229 75.9 69.9-81.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 90 24.6 19.8-30.1 272 75.4 69.9-80.2
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 83 13 15.0 8.2-25.7 70 85.0 74.3-91.8
AGE
18-44 195 22 12.7 8.2-19.2 173 87.3 80.8-91.8
45-64 186 49 31.4 24.1-39.6 137 68.6 60.4-75.9
65+ 156 72 50.1 41.1-59.2 84 49.9 40.8-58.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 48 30.4 22.9-39.1 116 69.6 60.9-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 160 53 32.4 25.1-40.7 107 67.6 59.3-74.9
College Graduate 229 45 16.6 12.3-22.2 184 83.4 77.8-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 58 35.5 27.3-44.7 103 64.5 55.3-72.7
$50,000+ 280 61 22.2 17.1-28.2 219 77.8 71.8-82.9
Don't know/Not Sure 115 28 25.8 17.6-36.2 87 74.2 63.8-82.4

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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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