2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,647 341 9.3 8.2-10.6 3,510 71.3 69.5-73.1 382 9.4 8.3-10.6 242 6.1 5.2- 7.1 172 3.9 3.2- 4.7
GENDER
Male 2,061 188 11.1 9.3-13.1 1,474 67.9 65.2-70.5 172 9.3 7.8-11.1 122 6.6 5.3- 8.1 105 5.1 4.0- 6.5
Female 2,586 153 7.8 6.3- 9.6 2,036 74.4 71.9-76.7 210 9.5 8.0-11.2 120 5.6 4.5- 7.0 67 2.7 2.0- 3.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,063 185 7.4 6.2- 8.8 2,341 72.5 70.3-74.6 251 9.4 8.1-10.9 165 6.5 5.4- 7.8 121 4.1 3.3- 5.2
Non-Hispanic Black 899 79 11.5 8.7-15.0 708 74.1 69.9-77.9 68 9.2 6.9-12.2 27 3.1 1.9- 4.9 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 139 13 14.4 7.6-25.8 *** *** *** 12 10.4 4.9-20.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 173 19 14.9 9.3-23.0 125 70.0 60.9-77.8 *** *** *** 12 6.0 3.2-11.0 *** *** ***
Hispanic 314 42 16.2 10.4-24.3 186 53.8 45.9-61.4 38 12.1 8.0-18.0 27 10.7 6.5-17.3 21 7.2 4.2-12.0
AGE
18-34 844 150 19.1 16.0-22.8 464 53.7 49.5-57.9 96 12.0 9.4-15.1 88 9.6 7.4-12.4 46 5.5 4.0- 7.7
35-44 628 65 10.5 7.8-14.0 393 62.5 57.7-67.1 90 14.7 11.6-18.4 45 7.7 5.5-10.8 35 4.6 3.0- 6.9
45-54 798 41 5.5 3.5- 8.6 579 72.5 68.3-76.4 82 9.9 7.7-12.8 57 7.4 5.5-10.0 39 4.6 3.0- 6.9
55-64 919 39 4.5 3.0- 6.7 750 79.8 76.0-83.1 64 7.6 5.7-10.2 31 4.1 2.6- 6.4 35 4.0 2.5- 6.3
65-74 843 23 2.9 1.7- 4.8 763 91.4 88.8-93.5 33 3.3 2.1- 5.1 14 1.5 0.8- 3.0 *** *** ***
75+ 564 21 3.9 2.2- 6.7 520 92.0 88.6-94.5 11 2.6 1.3- 4.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 473 52 13.1 9.1-18.5 336 66.5 60.3-72.2 29 5.6 3.6- 8.7 30 8.0 5.1-12.4 26 6.7 4.1-10.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,161 109 11.5 9.3-14.2 871 71.2 67.6-74.5 80 8.1 6.1-10.7 44 4.2 2.9- 5.9 57 5.0 3.6- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,281 94 8.6 6.7-11.0 975 72.2 68.8-75.4 106 10.3 8.2-12.8 70 6.6 5.0- 8.6 36 2.3 1.5- 3.5
College Graduate 1,719 87 6.3 4.9- 8.0 1,318 72.9 70.1-75.5 166 11.5 9.7-13.5 96 6.3 5.0- 7.9 52 3.1 2.3- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 450 42 11.0 7.5-15.8 328 67.6 61.0-73.5 31 7.8 5.0-12.1 25 6.4 3.6-11.2 24 7.2 4.1-12.2
$15,000- 24,999 696 72 13.6 10.0-18.3 484 62.4 57.1-67.4 56 10.2 7.3-14.0 42 8.1 5.7-11.4 42 5.8 3.8- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 451 36 9.0 6.0-13.1 333 69.0 62.9-74.5 36 11.2 7.5-16.3 26 5.8 3.6- 9.2 20 5.1 2.9- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 528 36 8.9 5.6-13.7 398 71.0 65.1-76.2 45 10.8 7.6-15.3 28 6.7 4.1-10.8 21 2.6 1.5- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 604 29 5.0 3.3- 7.7 481 77.5 72.9-81.5 41 7.3 5.0-10.6 36 6.5 4.4- 9.4 17 3.6 2.1- 6.2
$75,000+ 1,123 52 6.3 4.5- 8.7 877 75.6 72.1-78.7 118 11.2 9.1-13.8 53 5.2 3.7- 7.2 23 1.7 1.1- 2.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 796 75 13.0 10.1-16.7 609 71.8 67.4-75.8 55 6.4 4.6- 8.8 32 4.8 3.3- 7.1 25 4.0 2.5- 6.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,445 93 9.3 7.2-11.9 1,174 76.1 72.7-79.2 82 6.4 4.8- 8.5 50 3.9 2.7- 5.5 46 4.4 3.0- 6.4
No 3,045 234 9.3 7.9-10.9 2,220 69.6 67.4-71.8 289 10.7 9.3-12.2 182 6.8 5.7- 8.0 120 3.6 2.9- 4.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 694 38 5.4 3.7- 7.7 567 82.8 79.2-85.9 41 5.9 4.1- 8.4 26 3.5 2.2- 5.4 22 2.5 1.5- 4.1
Non-Veteran 3,953 304 9.9 8.6-11.4 2,943 69.6 67.6-71.6 341 9.9 8.7-11.3 215 6.4 5.4- 7.6 150 4.1 3.3- 5.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,225 102 9.9 8.0-12.1 889 69.7 66.5-72.8 127 11.0 9.1-13.4 66 5.9 4.4- 7.8 41 3.5 2.5- 5.0
Regional City or Suburban County 940 59 6.7 5.1- 8.9 692 70.8 66.9-74.4 79 8.8 6.7-11.4 70 8.7 6.6-11.4 40 5.0 3.4- 7.3
Rural 2,483 181 10.4 8.4-12.8 1,929 73.1 70.3-75.6 176 8.3 6.8-10.1 106 4.7 3.7- 6.0 91 3.5 2.7- 4.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,404 209 10.3 8.8-12.1 1,664 67.0 64.6-69.4 253 11.0 9.5-12.7 160 7.1 5.9- 8.5 118 4.6 3.6- 5.7
Unemployed 168 23 12.0 7.3-19.1 99 49.2 39.3-59.2 14 11.5 5.8-21.6 21 15.6 9.1-25.3 11 11.7 5.8-22.3
Retired 1,293 43 3.4 2.4- 4.9 1,175 90.9 88.7-92.8 49 4.2 2.9- 5.9 14 0.8 0.3- 1.7 12 0.7 0.4- 1.5
Unable to Work 446 22 5.5 3.3- 9.1 375 83.6 78.5-87.6 21 4.9 2.9- 8.3 13 2.7 1.4- 5.1 15 3.3 1.7- 6.6
Other not in Labor Force 308 43 18.8 13.2-26.1 175 52.4 45.0-59.7 43 14.7 10.3-20.5 32 10.4 6.7-15.8 15 3.6 2.1- 6.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 132 21 21.5 13.1-33.3 *** *** *** 11 6.4 2.8-13.9 12 10.0 5.1-18.5 *** *** ***
50% to 100% 337 37 15.0 9.5-23.0 222 57.2 49.5-64.6 26 10.5 6.6-16.2 24 7.7 4.8-12.1 28 9.6 5.9-15.2
101% to 150% 658 57 9.6 7.1-12.9 484 69.9 64.8-74.5 52 8.9 6.2-12.6 31 6.8 4.3-10.4 34 4.8 3.0- 7.7
151% to 200% 316 23 7.8 4.7-12.9 233 68.1 60.7-74.7 28 13.3 8.7-19.7 19 8.0 4.6-13.3 13 2.8 1.4- 5.6
More than 200% 2,211 115 6.7 5.3- 8.4 1,744 76.0 73.5-78.3 185 9.5 7.9-11.3 111 5.4 4.3- 6.8 56 2.5 1.8- 3.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 796 75 13.0 10.1-16.7 609 71.8 67.4-75.8 55 6.4 4.6- 8.8 32 4.8 3.3- 7.1 25 4.0 2.5- 6.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,024 77 10.9 7.8-15.1 807 74.2 69.5-78.3 59 6.3 4.3- 9.0 36 3.5 2.2- 5.4 45 5.2 3.5- 7.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,711 133 9.4 7.8-11.4 1,276 71.4 68.6-74.1 148 9.3 7.7-11.3 96 6.6 5.2- 8.4 58 3.2 2.3- 4.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,913 132 8.9 7.2-10.9 1,427 70.5 67.8-73.2 175 10.2 8.6-12.1 110 6.3 5.0- 7.9 69 4.1 3.0- 5.4

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 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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