2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood.
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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 8 666 58 11.1 8.3-14.7 517 72.8 68.2-77.0 41 8.1 5.7-11.5 25 3.9 2.5- 6.2 25 4.1 2.6- 6.3
GENDER
Male 292 35 14.0 9.6-19.9 209 68.4 61.4-74.6 19 7.9 4.7-13.0 12 4.1 2.2- 7.5 17 5.7 3.3- 9.5
Female 374 23 8.2 5.2-12.7 308 77.2 71.0-82.5 22 8.3 5.1-13.4 13 3.8 1.9- 7.5 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 31 10.8 7.3-15.5 292 72.7 66.7-77.9 25 8.7 5.7-13.1 13 3.5 1.9- 6.6 16 4.3 2.5- 7.2
Non-Hispanic Black 131 *** *** *** 111 78.3 66.9-86.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 158 18 16.0 9.7-25.3 114 66.0 55.5-75.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 194 36 18.4 12.9-25.5 113 59.3 51.1-67.1 22 12.7 8.0-19.5 15 5.6 3.2- 9.7 *** *** ***
45-64 243 15 5.5 3.0- 9.8 192 78.2 71.1-83.9 14 6.6 3.6-12.1 *** *** *** 16 6.0 3.5-10.0
65+ 226 *** *** *** 209 89.2 82.0-93.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 36 17.7 12.4-24.6 205 66.1 58.5-73.0 18 8.0 4.5-13.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 387 22 5.8 3.7- 9.1 311 78.1 72.6-82.9 23 8.2 5.2-12.8 16 4.0 2.2- 7.0 15 3.8 2.2- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 40 15.1 10.6-21.1 249 66.7 59.8-73.0 23 9.3 5.7-14.8 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9 13 3.1 1.7- 5.7
$50,000+ 197 *** *** *** 163 81.1 73.7-86.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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