2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
-Western 548 170 31.3 26.4-36.7 378 68.7 63.3-73.6
GENDER
Male 257 84 32.0 25.1-39.8 173 68.0 60.2-74.9
Female 291 86 30.7 23.5-39.0 205 69.3 61.0-76.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 450 145 32.4 27.0-38.3 305 67.6 61.7-73.0
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 158 54 28.9 21.3-37.9 104 71.1 62.1-78.7
College Graduate 190 44 20.0 14.6-26.7 146 80.0 73.3-85.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 205 89 45.2 36.2-54.5 116 54.8 45.5-63.8
No 340 81 22.4 17.7-27.9 259 77.6 72.1-82.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 486 145 30.0 24.8-35.7 341 70.0 64.3-75.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 276 59 20.0 15.1-25.9 217 80.0 74.1-84.9
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 171 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 135 36 25.1 17.7-34.2 99 74.9 65.8-82.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 256 77 28.4 22.5-35.1 179 71.6 64.9-77.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 381 129 36.7 30.7-43.3 252 63.3 56.7-69.3
Rent 133 31 17.8 11.5-26.4 102 82.2 73.6-88.5
Other arrangement 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 158 37 23.1 16.4-31.4 121 76.9 68.6-83.6
Rural 390 133 34.2 28.0-40.9 257 65.8 59.1-72.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 173 *** *** *** 117 62.9 52.0-72.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 272 87 29.5 22.6-37.6 185 70.5 62.4-77.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 103 27 25.0 16.8-35.4 76 75.0 64.6-83.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 270 73 30.2 23.5-38.0 197 69.8 62.0-76.5
2nd Quartile 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 164 54 31.4 23.3-40.9 110 68.6 59.1-76.7

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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