2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your blood cholesterol?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,419 901 60.4 57.3-63.4 518 39.6 36.6-42.7
GENDER
Male 636 414 62.7 58.1-67.1 222 37.3 32.9-41.9
Female 783 487 58.5 54.3-62.6 296 41.5 37.4-45.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,311 852 62.1 58.9-65.2 459 37.9 34.8-41.1
No 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 278 155 50.6 43.9-57.4 123 49.4 42.6-56.1
Overweight 490 317 62.4 57.0-67.4 173 37.6 32.6-43.0
Obese 534 356 63.0 57.9-67.8 178 37.0 32.2-42.1
Current Smoker
Yes 231 146 61.3 53.4-68.6 85 38.7 31.4-46.6
No 1,144 729 60.4 57.0-63.7 415 39.6 36.3-43.0
History of CVD**
Yes 299 252 83.4 77.7-87.9 47 16.6 12.1-22.3
No 1,099 635 55.0 51.5-58.4 464 45.0 41.6-48.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,201 778 61.8 58.4-65.0 423 38.2 35.0-41.6
COPD
Yes 212 159 72.8 64.9-79.4 53 27.2 20.6-35.1
No 1,201 737 58.2 54.8-61.5 464 41.8 38.5-45.2
Current Asthma
Yes 160 102 60.3 51.4-68.5 58 39.7 31.5-48.6
No 1,253 796 60.6 57.3-63.8 457 39.4 36.2-42.7
Functional Disability
Yes 633 434 66.6 62.0-70.9 199 33.4 29.1-38.0
No 745 438 54.5 50.2-58.7 307 45.5 41.3-49.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 726 550 74.6 70.6-78.2 176 25.4 21.8-29.4
No 693 351 47.7 43.3-52.0 342 52.3 48.0-56.7

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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.

**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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