2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 577 158 26.0 22.0-30.3 419 74.0 69.7-78.0
GENDER
Male 276 90 30.7 24.9-37.3 186 69.3 62.7-75.1
Female 301 68 21.6 16.7-27.6 233 78.4 72.4-83.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 98 26.6 21.6-32.3 264 73.4 67.7-78.4
Non-Hispanic Black 119 47 36.3 27.1-46.6 72 63.7 53.4-72.9
Other 86 11 9.3 4.7-17.3 75 90.7 82.7-95.3
AGE
18-44 214 30 13.4 9.0-19.5 184 86.6 80.5-91.0
45-64 193 64 33.6 26.3-41.8 129 66.4 58.2-73.7
65+ 156 62 38.9 30.1-48.6 94 61.1 51.4-69.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 32 21.0 14.6-29.4 119 79.0 70.6-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 136 49 33.2 25.0-42.6 87 66.8 57.4-75.0
College Graduate 288 76 24.4 19.5-30.2 212 75.6 69.8-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 57 28.7 22.0-36.6 145 71.3 63.4-78.0
$50,000+ 253 77 28.2 22.4-34.7 176 71.8 65.3-77.6
Don't know/Not Sure 122 24 17.9 11.3-27.2 98 82.1 72.8-88.7

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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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