2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 448 145 28.1 23.6-33.1 303 71.9 66.9-76.4
GENDER
Male 212 79 31.6 24.9-39.3 133 68.4 60.7-75.1
Female 236 66 24.8 19.0-31.6 170 75.2 68.4-81.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 237 71 26.5 20.7-33.2 166 73.5 66.8-79.3
Non-Hispanic Black 133 58 38.2 29.2-48.1 75 61.8 51.9-70.8
Other 71 15 12.3 6.6-21.7 56 87.7 78.3-93.4
AGE
18-44 153 20 11.7 7.0-18.9 133 88.3 81.1-93.0
45-64 144 51 34.9 26.6-44.4 93 65.1 55.6-73.4
65+ 145 71 51.4 42.2-60.5 74 48.6 39.5-57.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 60 31.0 23.6-39.5 107 69.0 60.5-76.4
Some Post-H.S. 147 46 25.5 18.6-34.0 101 74.5 66.0-81.4
College Graduate 133 39 27.2 19.5-36.6 94 72.8 63.4-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 70 33.7 26.1-42.1 100 66.3 57.9-73.9
$50,000+ 180 37 18.2 12.8-25.3 143 81.8 74.7-87.2
Don't know/Not Sure 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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