2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 433 175 35.8 31.0-40.9 258 64.2 59.1-69.0
GENDER
Male 183 74 34.3 27.1-42.3 109 65.7 57.7-72.9
Female 250 101 37.1 30.8-43.9 149 62.9 56.1-69.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 248 109 39.8 33.3-46.6 139 60.2 53.4-66.7
Non-Hispanic Black 128 43 27.4 19.8-36.7 85 72.6 63.3-80.2
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 133 27 15.7 10.3-23.2 106 84.3 76.8-89.7
44-64 173 83 46.5 38.4-54.8 90 53.5 45.2-61.6
65+ 121 64 57.5 47.7-66.7 57 42.5 33.3-52.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 75 40.8 32.7-49.4 95 59.2 50.6-67.3
Some College + 263 100 32.0 26.3-38.2 163 68.0 61.8-73.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 78 39.4 31.6-47.8 108 60.6 52.2-68.4
$50,000+ 147 56 33.6 26.0-42.1 91 66.4 57.9-74.0

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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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