2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 716 281 30.8 26.6-35.3 435 69.2 64.7-73.4
GENDER
Male 293 110 32.8 26.5-39.7 183 67.2 60.3-73.5
Female 423 171 28.9 23.5-35.0 252 71.1 65.0-76.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 399 135 28.9 23.8-34.7 264 71.1 65.3-76.2
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 170 66 23.8 16.3-33.3 104 76.2 66.7-83.7
AGE
18-44 187 33 16.9 11.5-24.1 154 83.1 75.9-88.5
45-64 230 97 37.3 29.9-45.4 133 62.7 54.6-70.1
65+ 281 148 46.5 38.7-54.5 133 53.5 45.5-61.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 272 112 33.9 26.9-41.7 160 66.1 58.3-73.1
Some Post-H.S. 193 72 27.4 20.6-35.4 121 72.6 64.6-79.4
College Graduate 249 97 30.6 24.2-37.9 152 69.4 62.1-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 284 119 31.8 25.3-39.1 165 68.2 60.9-74.7
$50,000+ 257 87 27.6 21.4-34.9 170 72.4 65.1-78.6
Don't know/Not Sure 175 75 35.2 26.3-45.3 100 64.8 54.7-73.7

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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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