2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,712 2,352 37.0 35.5-38.5 3,360 63.0 61.5-64.5
Region 3 526 226 39.6 34.7-44.8 300 60.4 55.2-65.3
GENDER
Male 223 100 40.8 33.6-48.3 123 59.2 51.7-66.4
Female 303 126 38.7 32.0-45.9 177 61.3 54.1-68.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 427 183 39.3 33.8-45.1 244 60.7 54.9-66.2
Non-Hispanic Black 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 121 31 26.2 17.4-37.5 90 73.8 62.5-82.6
44-64 217 91 41.9 34.6-49.5 126 58.1 50.5-65.4
65+ 182 102 53.3 44.9-61.5 80 46.7 38.5-55.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 98 45.9 37.8-54.2 106 54.1 45.8-62.2
Some College + 321 128 34.8 29.0-41.1 193 65.2 58.9-71.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 260 129 46.7 39.7-53.9 131 53.3 46.1-60.3
$50,000+ 174 58 32.4 24.0-42.1 116 67.6 57.9-76.0

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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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