2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

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
Region 6 371 129 30.3 25.4-35.7 242 69.7 64.3-74.6
GENDER
Male 157 51 27.1 20.1-35.4 106 72.9 64.6-79.9
Female 214 78 33.2 26.6-40.5 136 66.8 59.5-73.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 199 70 29.6 23.4-36.8 129 70.4 63.2-76.6
Non-Hispanic Black 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 128 17 11.7 7.1-18.7 111 88.3 81.3-92.9
45-64 129 51 37.7 29.0-47.2 78 62.3 52.8-71.0
65+ 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 52 34.2 26.0-43.5 87 65.8 56.5-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 123 44 27.7 20.3-36.7 79 72.3 63.3-79.7
College Graduate 109 33 25.8 18.0-35.5 76 74.2 64.5-82.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 65 35.4 27.7-44.0 101 64.6 56.0-72.3
$50,000+ 127 41 24.2 17.3-32.7 86 75.8 67.3-82.7
Don't know/Not Sure 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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