2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood.
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  Total
Respond.^
Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,860 258 8.5 7.4- 9.7 3,097 78.5 76.9-80.0 329 8.3 7.3- 9.3 117 3.2 2.6- 3.9 59 1.6 1.2- 2.2
GENDER
Male 1,776 157 11.1 9.4-13.1 1,389 75.7 73.2-78.0 149 8.6 7.2-10.2 51 2.9 2.1- 3.9 30 1.7 1.2- 2.6
Female 2,084 101 6.1 4.8- 7.6 1,708 81.0 78.9-82.9 180 8.0 6.8- 9.4 66 3.4 2.6- 4.5 29 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,416 167 6.2 5.3- 7.4 2,865 82.6 81.1-84.1 264 7.4 6.4- 8.4 77 2.4 1.9- 3.1 43 1.3 1.0- 1.9
No 437 90 23.0 18.4-28.3 227 51.3 45.8-56.7 64 14.0 10.8-18.0 40 8.3 5.9-11.5 16 3.5 1.9- 6.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 948 80 11.7 9.1-14.9 729 73.9 70.3-77.2 89 8.8 7.1-10.9 29 3.0 2.0- 4.4 21 2.6 1.6- 4.2
Overweight 1,276 83 7.6 6.0- 9.6 1,038 80.4 77.8-82.9 100 7.6 6.1- 9.4 37 3.1 2.2- 4.4 18 1.2 0.7- 2.1
Obese 1,213 54 5.1 3.8- 7.0 1,018 82.8 80.1-85.2 97 8.0 6.4-10.0 32 2.9 2.0- 4.3 *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 583 56 11.8 8.9-15.6 441 73.5 69.0-77.6 50 7.6 5.5-10.4 30 5.5 3.7- 8.1 *** *** ***
No 3,138 193 7.6 6.5- 9.0 2,545 79.6 77.8-81.2 267 8.4 7.4- 9.6 82 2.7 2.1- 3.4 51 1.7 1.2- 2.2
History of CVD**
Yes 469 *** *** *** 421 90.1 86.4-92.8 29 5.5 3.6- 8.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,360 247 9.3 8.1-10.6 2,648 77.1 75.3-78.7 298 8.6 7.6- 9.7 110 3.4 2.8- 4.1 57 1.7 1.3- 2.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 448 54 14.3 10.8-18.7 313 68.0 62.8-72.8 42 8.6 6.2-11.9 27 6.3 4.1- 9.5 *** *** ***
No 3,126 177 7.2 6.1- 8.5 2,559 80.2 78.5-81.9 266 8.3 7.3- 9.5 82 2.8 2.2- 3.6 42 1.4 1.0- 2.0
COPD
Yes 335 *** *** *** 292 85.6 80.3-89.7 23 5.5 3.4- 8.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,513 247 8.8 7.6-10.1 2,794 77.8 76.1-79.4 306 8.5 7.5- 9.6 109 3.1 2.5- 3.9 57 1.7 1.3- 2.3
Current Asthma
Yes 335 *** *** *** 284 82.9 77.1-87.4 26 8.3 5.4-12.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,512 243 8.7 7.6-10.0 2,805 78.2 76.5-79.8 302 8.3 7.3- 9.4 109 3.2 2.6- 4.0 53 1.6 1.2- 2.2
Functional Disability
Yes 1,240 67 6.8 5.2- 8.8 1,046 83.1 80.4-85.4 85 6.1 4.8- 7.8 30 2.7 1.8- 4.0 *** *** ***
No 2,495 185 9.3 7.9-10.9 1,948 76.2 74.2-78.1 232 9.2 8.0-10.6 84 3.5 2.7- 4.4 46 1.8 1.3- 2.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,259 29 2.8 1.8- 4.4 1,125 88.5 86.2-90.5 78 6.0 4.7- 7.7 22 2.2 1.4- 3.4 *** *** ***
No 2,601 229 10.7 9.3-12.3 1,972 74.5 72.5-76.4 251 9.2 8.0-10.5 95 3.6 2.9- 4.5 54 2.1 1.5- 2.8

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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