2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood.
About how long has it been since you last had your blood cholesterol checked?

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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%)
North Carolina 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
Region 1 & 2 782 51 9.2 6.2-13.5 600 71.5 66.1-76.2 59 8.0 5.5-11.6 42 7.0 4.7-10.4 30 4.3 2.5- 7.2
GENDER
Male 337 28 13.8 8.3-21.9 247 65.4 57.0-72.9 20 6.1 2.9-12.5 24 9.0 5.5-14.5 18 5.7 2.8-11.3
Female 445 23 5.3 3.0- 9.4 353 76.7 70.2-82.1 39 9.6 6.3-14.5 18 5.3 2.8-10.1 12 3.0 1.4- 6.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 692 40 8.9 5.7-13.5 545 72.0 66.2-77.1 45 7.5 4.8-11.4 36 7.3 4.8-10.9 26 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 25 15.3 9.6-23.5 98 52.4 42.7-62.0 25 13.1 7.4-22.0 22 14.3 8.6-22.7 *** *** ***
45-64 276 16 8.8 3.6-19.7 206 72.6 63.1-80.4 23 7.7 4.5-13.1 15 4.6 2.5- 8.3 16 6.3 3.0-12.7
65+ 318 *** *** *** 289 93.7 90.1-96.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 21 11.5 6.4-19.9 198 68.3 59.1-76.2 19 6.5 3.0-13.6 18 7.7 4.2-13.6 15 6.1 2.9-12.2
Some College + 509 30 7.3 4.4-11.9 400 74.0 67.9-79.3 40 9.4 6.4-13.7 24 6.6 3.9-10.9 15 2.7 1.5- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 366 26 7.4 4.4-12.3 265 69.4 61.8-76.1 29 7.8 4.6-12.9 25 8.5 5.1-14.0 21 6.9 3.6-12.8
$50,000+ 266 14 10.3 4.7-21.3 218 71.3 60.8-79.9 18 9.1 4.5-17.6 11 7.0 3.3-14.2 *** *** ***

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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.

^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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