2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 714 242 26.8 22.8-31.2 472 73.2 68.8-77.2
GENDER
Male 291 89 27.5 21.5-34.5 202 72.5 65.5-78.5
Female 423 153 26.0 21.1-31.6 270 74.0 68.4-78.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 397 123 26.3 21.4-31.8 274 73.7 68.2-78.6
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 170 52 19.7 12.3-30.2 118 80.3 69.8-87.7
AGE
18-44 187 24 9.7 5.8-15.7 163 90.3 84.3-94.2
45-64 230 76 34.9 27.4-43.1 154 65.1 56.9-72.6
65+ 279 138 44.8 37.0-52.8 141 55.2 47.2-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 272 100 30.9 24.2-38.6 172 69.1 61.4-75.8
Some Post-H.S. 193 61 24.1 17.7-31.8 132 75.9 68.2-82.3
College Graduate 247 81 23.8 18.2-30.4 166 76.2 69.6-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 105 27.4 21.3-34.4 178 72.6 65.6-78.7
$50,000+ 256 75 24.7 18.7-32.0 181 75.3 68.0-81.3
Don't know/Not Sure 175 62 29.7 21.4-39.6 113 70.3 60.4-78.6

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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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