2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 451 143 34.5 29.5-39.8 308 65.5 60.2-70.5
GENDER
Male 207 66 33.8 26.4-42.2 141 66.2 57.8-73.6
Female 244 77 35.1 28.5-42.4 167 64.9 57.6-71.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 281 100 37.1 31.1-43.4 181 62.9 56.6-68.9
Non-Hispanic Black 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 16 18.7 11.0-30.0 56 81.3 70.0-89.0
AGE
18-44 176 21 15.9 9.3-25.8 155 84.1 74.2-90.7
45-64 173 67 42.4 34.0-51.2 106 57.6 48.8-66.0
65+ 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 246 69 28.5 22.7-34.9 177 71.5 65.1-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 250 76 33.2 26.7-40.4 174 66.8 59.6-73.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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