2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 571 161 29.8 25.7-34.4 410 70.2 65.6-74.3
GENDER
Male 270 79 29.1 23.2-35.9 191 70.9 64.1-76.8
Female 301 82 30.4 24.7-36.8 219 69.6 63.2-75.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 85 27.0 21.7-33.0 242 73.0 67.0-78.3
Non-Hispanic Black 131 54 42.0 32.7-51.8 77 58.0 48.2-67.3
Other 103 21 20.7 13.1-31.0 82 79.3 69.0-86.9
AGE
18-44 230 35 14.9 10.5-20.9 195 85.1 79.1-89.5
45-64 210 59 30.8 23.8-38.8 151 69.2 61.2-76.2
65+ 120 65 60.1 49.7-69.7 55 39.9 30.3-50.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 43 31.2 23.5-40.0 117 68.8 60.0-76.5
Some Post-H.S. 111 36 34.5 25.4-44.9 75 65.5 55.1-74.6
College Graduate 296 81 25.4 20.5-31.0 215 74.6 69.0-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 50 30.1 22.5-39.0 116 69.9 61.0-77.5
$50,000+ 293 76 27.1 21.6-33.4 217 72.9 66.6-78.4
Don't know/Not Sure 112 35 36.2 26.7-46.9 77 63.8 53.1-73.3

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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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