2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Cholesterol check within past five years*

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  Total
Respond.^
Had cholesterol checked in past 5 years Did not have cholesterol checked in past 5 years Have never had cholesterol checked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,647 4,134 86.8 85.3-88.1 172 3.9 3.2- 4.7 341 9.3 8.2-10.6
Region 8 666 583 84.8 81.0-88.1 25 4.1 2.6- 6.3 58 11.1 8.3-14.7
GENDER
Male 292 240 80.3 74.1-85.4 17 5.7 3.3- 9.5 35 14.0 9.6-19.9
Female 374 343 89.3 84.5-92.8 *** *** *** 23 8.2 5.2-12.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 330 84.9 79.9-88.9 16 4.3 2.5- 7.2 31 10.8 7.3-15.5
Non-Hispanic Black 131 120 88.8 79.0-94.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 158 133 79.1 69.3-86.3 *** *** *** 18 16.0 9.7-25.3
AGE
18-44 194 150 77.6 70.1-83.6 *** *** *** 36 18.4 12.9-25.5
45-64 243 212 88.5 83.3-92.3 16 6.0 3.5-10.0 15 5.5 3.0- 9.8
65+ 226 218 92.6 85.2-96.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 232 78.0 70.9-83.8 *** *** *** 36 17.7 12.4-24.6
Some College + 387 350 90.3 86.4-93.2 15 3.8 2.2- 6.6 22 5.8 3.7- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 287 81.7 75.6-86.5 13 3.1 1.7- 5.7 40 15.1 10.6-21.1
$50,000+ 197 180 90.9 85.2-94.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the Cholesterol Awareness questions.

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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