2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Cholesterol Awareness

Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,730 1,402 35.0 33.3-36.8 2,328 65.0 63.2-66.7
Medicaid Region 1 453 175 36.3 31.2-41.7 278 63.7 58.3-68.8
GENDER
Male 228 82 29.5 23.2-36.7 146 70.5 63.3-76.8
Female 225 93 42.3 35.0-50.1 132 57.7 49.9-65.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 156 38.1 32.5-44.0 217 61.9 56.0-67.5
Non-Hispanic Black 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 *** *** *** 104 91.4 84.0-95.5
45-64 169 72 41.4 32.5-51.0 97 58.6 49.0-67.5
65+ 163 91 59.6 50.0-68.6 72 40.4 31.4-50.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 62 42.2 32.8-52.1 84 57.8 47.9-67.2
Some Post-H.S. 133 52 33.5 25.1-43.1 81 66.5 56.9-74.9
College Graduate 174 61 31.1 24.3-38.9 113 68.9 61.1-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 81 42.2 33.9-51.0 113 57.8 49.0-66.1
$50,000+ 155 54 31.3 23.6-40.0 101 68.7 60.0-76.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 98 *** *** *** 61 68.3 57.0-77.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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