2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 450 154 31.3 26.5-36.4 296 68.7 63.6-73.5
GENDER
Male 212 83 37.2 29.7-45.5 129 62.8 54.5-70.3
Female 238 71 25.7 20.1-32.2 167 74.3 67.8-79.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 238 74 30.0 23.4-37.6 164 70.0 62.4-76.6
Non-Hispanic Black 134 54 34.8 26.3-44.3 80 65.2 55.7-73.7
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 23 14.2 8.7-22.5 130 85.8 77.5-91.3
45-64 144 53 40.2 31.2-50.0 91 59.8 50.0-68.8
65+ 147 75 52.3 43.3-61.2 72 47.7 38.8-56.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 58 34.6 26.6-43.6 109 65.4 56.4-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 149 55 28.5 21.2-37.1 94 71.5 62.9-78.8
College Graduate 133 41 29.7 22.0-38.9 92 70.3 61.1-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 68 33.0 25.6-41.2 102 67.0 58.8-74.4
$50,000+ 181 48 27.8 20.2-37.0 133 72.2 63.0-79.8
Don't know/Not Sure 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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