2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 428 138 27.6 23.2-32.4 290 72.4 67.6-76.8
GENDER
Male 179 55 23.9 17.7-31.5 124 76.1 68.5-82.3
Female 249 83 30.6 24.6-37.2 166 69.4 62.8-75.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 266 87 28.4 22.8-34.7 179 71.6 65.3-77.2
Non-Hispanic Black 103 39 30.5 21.4-41.4 64 69.5 58.6-78.6
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 130 18 9.9 6.1-15.9 112 90.1 84.1-93.9
45-64 142 51 35.4 27.1-44.6 91 64.6 55.4-72.9
65+ 145 68 45.6 36.4-55.2 77 54.4 44.8-63.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 49 28.7 21.5-37.2 99 71.3 62.8-78.5
Some Post-H.S. 112 33 23.2 16.0-32.3 79 76.8 67.7-84.0
College Graduate 163 55 31.9 24.5-40.2 108 68.1 59.8-75.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 53 26.8 19.8-35.1 105 73.2 64.9-80.2
$50,000+ 151 45 24.5 17.9-32.6 106 75.5 67.4-82.1
Don't know/Not Sure 119 40 32.5 23.7-42.6 79 67.5 57.4-76.3

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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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