2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 496 165 30.6 26.2-35.4 331 69.4 64.6-73.8
GENDER
Male 219 78 29.9 23.7-36.9 141 70.1 63.1-76.3
Female 277 87 31.2 25.2-37.9 190 68.8 62.1-74.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 307 113 33.6 27.9-39.8 194 66.4 60.2-72.1
Non-Hispanic Black 119 36 26.5 18.9-35.9 83 73.5 64.1-81.1
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 180 23 12.6 8.0-19.2 157 87.4 80.8-92.0
45-64 165 60 35.9 28.1-44.7 105 64.1 55.3-71.9
65+ 142 78 55.1 45.0-64.8 64 44.9 35.2-55.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 48 35.2 26.5-44.9 85 64.8 55.1-73.5
Some Post-H.S. 126 46 32.3 24.3-41.6 80 67.7 58.4-75.7
College Graduate 235 70 24.5 19.3-30.6 165 75.5 69.4-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 57 32.8 25.1-41.4 108 67.2 58.6-74.9
$50,000+ 224 70 28.3 22.3-35.2 154 71.7 64.8-77.7
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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