2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 556 233 39.8 35.2-44.6 323 60.2 55.4-64.8
GENDER
Male 223 90 38.9 31.8-46.4 133 61.1 53.6-68.2
Female 333 143 40.5 34.6-46.7 190 59.5 53.3-65.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 387 159 38.6 33.1-44.4 228 61.4 55.6-66.9
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 134 24 19.5 12.7-28.8 110 80.5 71.2-87.3
44-64 224 105 47.7 40.4-55.2 119 52.3 44.8-59.6
65+ 187 101 55.9 47.8-63.6 86 44.1 36.4-52.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 113 50.6 43.1-58.2 108 49.4 41.8-56.9
Some College + 333 120 31.6 26.2-37.5 213 68.4 62.5-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 125 46.8 39.8-53.9 129 53.2 46.1-60.2
$50,000+ 189 63 30.0 23.0-38.2 126 70.0 61.8-77.0

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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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