2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 534 194 35.1 30.7-39.8 340 64.9 60.2-69.3
GENDER
Male 249 96 38.8 32.3-45.8 153 61.2 54.2-67.7
Female 285 98 32.2 26.4-38.5 187 67.8 61.5-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 121 34.4 28.9-40.4 199 65.6 59.6-71.1
Non-Hispanic Black 117 42 37.2 28.1-47.4 75 62.8 52.6-71.9
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 41 22.9 17.0-30.2 143 77.1 69.8-83.0
45-64 195 85 43.9 36.3-51.8 110 56.1 48.2-63.7
65+ 142 65 47.5 38.2-56.9 77 52.5 43.1-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 67 46.0 37.2-55.0 85 54.0 45.0-62.8
Some Post-H.S. 146 50 29.2 22.0-37.7 96 70.8 62.3-78.0
College Graduate 236 77 30.5 24.4-37.2 159 69.5 62.8-75.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 76 42.4 34.5-50.7 108 57.6 49.3-65.5
$50,000+ 238 83 31.5 25.4-38.2 155 68.5 61.8-74.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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