2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4,536 1,680 33.5 31.8-35.3 2,856 66.5 64.7-68.2
Region 4 638 233 33.3 29.2-37.6 405 66.7 62.4-70.8
GENDER
Male 300 115 35.6 29.6-42.0 185 64.4 58.0-70.4
Female 338 118 31.3 25.9-37.3 220 68.7 62.7-74.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 436 155 32.3 27.5-37.4 281 67.7 62.6-72.5
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 103 37 31.6 22.4-42.5 66 68.4 57.5-77.6
AGE
18-44 252 55 19.6 14.7-25.6 197 80.4 74.4-85.3
45-64 216 93 42.2 34.7-50.0 123 57.8 50.0-65.3
65+ 157 80 48.8 39.4-58.2 77 51.2 41.8-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 83 38.0 30.6-46.1 112 62.0 53.9-69.4
Some College + 442 150 30.4 25.8-35.5 292 69.6 64.5-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 98 34.7 28.2-41.7 157 65.3 58.3-71.8
$50,000+ 275 100 33.8 27.6-40.5 175 66.2 59.5-72.4

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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.

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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