2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 575 162 27.3 23.1-31.9 413 72.7 68.1-76.9
GENDER
Male 274 94 34.6 28.0-41.8 180 65.4 58.2-72.0
Female 301 68 20.8 16.0-26.6 233 79.2 73.4-84.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 99 27.6 22.5-33.4 264 72.4 66.6-77.5
Non-Hispanic Black 118 42 32.5 23.7-42.9 76 67.5 57.1-76.3
Other 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 212 32 15.9 10.3-23.8 180 84.1 76.2-89.7
45-64 194 57 31.3 24.1-39.5 137 68.7 60.5-75.9
65+ 155 70 41.6 32.6-51.3 85 58.4 48.7-67.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 47 30.2 22.5-39.2 103 69.8 60.8-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 136 43 31.7 23.1-41.8 93 68.3 58.2-76.9
College Graduate 287 71 20.8 16.4-26.0 216 79.2 74.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 63 30.0 23.2-37.7 137 70.0 62.3-76.8
$50,000+ 253 74 28.3 22.4-35.1 179 71.7 64.9-77.6
Don't know/Not Sure 122 25 21.6 13.0-33.8 *** *** ***

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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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