2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,985 1,425 32.9 31.3-34.6 2,560 67.1 65.4-68.7
-Piedmont NC 2,160 740 32.2 30.0-34.5 1,420 67.8 65.5-70.0
GENDER
Male 989 338 31.2 28.0-34.5 651 68.8 65.5-72.0
Female 1,171 402 33.2 30.2-36.4 769 66.8 63.6-69.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,377 516 34.5 31.7-37.4 861 65.5 62.6-68.3
Non-Hispanic Black 460 146 30.9 26.2-36.0 314 69.1 64.0-73.8
Other 323 78 22.6 17.8-28.3 245 77.4 71.7-82.2
AGE
18-34 440 46 12.3 9.1-16.5 394 87.7 83.5-90.9
35-44 318 62 20.7 16.0-26.4 256 79.3 73.6-84.0
45-54 368 117 32.7 27.5-38.4 251 67.3 61.6-72.5
55-64 424 205 48.1 42.6-53.6 219 51.9 46.4-57.4
65-74 328 171 55.4 49.3-61.3 157 44.6 38.7-50.7
75+ 242 128 52.0 44.0-59.9 114 48.0 40.1-56.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 78 43.2 35.0-51.8 99 56.8 48.2-65.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 452 167 35.4 30.5-40.5 285 64.6 59.5-69.5
Some Post-H.S. 590 211 31.2 27.3-35.5 379 68.8 64.5-72.7
College Graduate 936 283 27.4 24.4-30.6 653 72.6 69.4-75.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 622 285 44.1 39.5-48.8 337 55.9 51.2-60.5
No 1,464 434 27.6 25.1-30.3 1,030 72.4 69.7-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 261 108 39.1 32.5-46.1 153 60.9 53.9-67.5
Non-Veteran 1,882 626 31.4 29.1-33.8 1,256 68.6 66.2-70.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,205 294 24.3 21.6-27.2 911 75.7 72.8-78.4
Unemployed 77 22 21.4 13.4-32.4 55 78.6 67.6-86.6
Retired 548 292 53.7 48.8-58.6 256 46.3 41.4-51.2
Unable to Work 156 92 59.6 50.5-68.1 64 40.4 31.9-49.5
Other not in Labor Force 139 32 21.9 14.9-31.0 107 78.1 69.0-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 153 58 38.5 30.0-47.9 95 61.5 52.1-70.0
$15,000- 24,999 237 85 35.2 28.4-42.7 152 64.8 57.3-71.6
$25,000- 34,999 181 59 29.0 22.3-36.9 122 71.0 63.1-77.7
$35,000- 49,999 216 87 37.4 30.2-45.3 129 62.6 54.7-69.8
$50,000- 74,999 257 87 30.2 24.2-37.0 170 69.8 63.0-75.8
$75,000+ 677 211 29.8 26.1-33.8 466 70.2 66.2-73.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 168 69 39.9 31.7-48.7 99 60.1 51.3-68.3
101% to 150% 205 64 30.9 23.9-39.0 141 69.1 61.0-76.1
151% to 200% 123 34 25.7 18.1-35.0 89 74.3 65.0-81.9
More than 200% 1,129 392 32.1 29.1-35.2 737 67.9 64.8-70.9
HOUSING
Own 1,382 528 36.3 33.5-39.3 854 63.7 60.7-66.5
Rent 626 171 24.5 20.9-28.5 455 75.5 71.5-79.1
Other arrangement 132 35 20.7 14.4-28.9 97 79.3 71.1-85.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,189 368 30.0 27.1-33.1 821 70.0 66.9-72.9
Regional City or Suburban County 540 209 34.3 29.9-38.9 331 65.7 61.1-70.1
Rural 431 163 35.9 30.9-41.3 268 64.1 58.7-69.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 125 52 41.1 31.7-51.2 73 58.9 48.8-68.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 792 292 33.8 30.0-37.7 500 66.2 62.3-70.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,243 396 30.4 27.6-33.3 847 69.6 66.7-72.4

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

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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