2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 685 261 34.3 30.4-38.4 424 65.7 61.6-69.6
GENDER
Male 286 105 34.0 28.1-40.5 181 66.0 59.5-71.9
Female 399 156 34.5 29.5-39.8 243 65.5 60.2-70.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 184 39.3 34.2-44.6 247 60.7 55.4-65.8
Non-Hispanic Black 163 52 26.5 19.7-34.5 111 73.5 65.5-80.3
Other 77 18 19.8 11.8-31.3 59 80.2 68.7-88.2
AGE
18-44 205 27 10.6 7.1-15.5 178 89.4 84.5-92.9
44-64 266 108 41.3 34.9-48.1 158 58.7 51.9-65.1
65+ 201 121 61.6 53.5-69.2 80 38.4 30.8-46.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 94 36.4 29.5-43.9 133 63.6 56.1-70.5
Some College + 453 165 32.9 28.4-37.8 288 67.1 62.2-71.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 113 37.8 31.4-44.7 168 62.2 55.3-68.6
$50,000+ 267 91 29.9 24.3-36.2 176 70.1 63.8-75.7

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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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