2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your blood cholesterol?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,676 1,031 57.1 53.9-60.2 645 42.9 39.8-46.1
Region 9 & 10 270 185 68.2 60.9-74.6 85 31.8 25.4-39.1
GENDER
Male 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 169 113 69.0 59.9-76.8 56 31.0 23.2-40.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 172 117 68.0 58.8-76.0 55 32.0 24.0-41.2
Non-Hispanic Black 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 112 71 71.8 61.6-80.2 41 28.2 19.8-38.4
65+ 129 107 82.7 73.3-89.2 22 17.3 10.8-26.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 87 75.0 64.2-83.3 28 25.0 16.7-35.8
Some College + 154 97 60.2 50.2-69.4 57 39.8 30.6-49.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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