2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 429 158 34.7 29.6-40.2 271 65.3 59.8-70.4
GENDER
Male 180 68 34.4 26.3-43.5 112 65.6 56.5-73.7
Female 249 90 35.0 28.6-42.0 159 65.0 58.0-71.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 266 95 33.0 26.7-40.1 171 67.0 59.9-73.3
Non-Hispanic Black 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 131 24 17.7 11.0-27.2 107 82.3 72.8-89.0
45-64 141 56 40.4 31.6-49.8 85 59.6 50.2-68.4
65+ 146 74 54.1 44.7-63.3 72 45.9 36.7-55.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 57 38.3 29.7-47.6 92 61.7 52.4-70.3
Some Post-H.S. 112 40 31.4 22.6-41.7 72 68.6 58.3-77.4
College Graduate 163 58 33.1 25.7-41.4 105 66.9 58.6-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 59 31.8 24.0-40.6 99 68.2 59.4-76.0
$50,000+ 150 56 37.3 28.3-47.2 94 62.7 52.8-71.7
Don't know/Not Sure 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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