2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 570 156 27.5 23.5-32.0 414 72.5 68.0-76.5
GENDER
Male 269 81 29.6 23.7-36.3 188 70.4 63.7-76.3
Female 301 75 25.7 20.3-31.9 226 74.3 68.1-79.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 87 25.5 20.5-31.2 240 74.5 68.8-79.5
Non-Hispanic Black 131 51 38.4 29.5-48.2 80 61.6 51.8-70.5
Other 103 17 17.1 10.2-27.1 86 82.9 72.9-89.8
AGE
18-44 230 37 15.7 11.1-21.7 193 84.3 78.3-88.9
45-64 210 57 28.6 22.1-36.3 153 71.4 63.7-77.9
65+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 41 26.8 19.6-35.5 119 73.2 64.5-80.4
Some Post-H.S. 110 34 31.8 23.1-42.0 76 68.2 58.0-76.9
College Graduate 296 81 25.5 20.6-31.2 215 74.5 68.8-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 52 28.1 21.0-36.4 114 71.9 63.6-79.0
$50,000+ 293 72 26.3 20.8-32.7 221 73.7 67.3-79.2
Don't know/Not Sure 111 32 29.7 20.6-40.7 79 70.3 59.3-79.4

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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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