2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 611 218 35.3 31.2-39.6 393 64.7 60.4-68.8
GENDER
Male 268 94 35.8 29.6-42.6 174 64.2 57.4-70.4
Female 343 124 34.9 29.6-40.7 219 65.1 59.3-70.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 141 38.4 33.1-44.0 219 61.6 56.0-66.9
Non-Hispanic Black 152 48 33.2 25.0-42.6 104 66.8 57.4-75.0
Other 99 29 24.1 16.4-33.8 70 75.9 66.2-83.6
AGE
18-44 222 31 14.4 9.7-20.9 191 85.6 79.1-90.3
45-64 244 103 44.8 37.9-51.9 141 55.2 48.1-62.1
65+ 134 81 62.2 53.1-70.5 53 37.8 29.5-46.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 77 43.2 35.0-51.8 87 56.8 48.2-65.0
Some Post-H.S. 169 65 37.0 29.3-45.4 104 63.0 54.6-70.7
College Graduate 277 76 26.9 21.6-32.9 201 73.1 67.1-78.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 89 46.7 38.8-54.7 98 53.3 45.3-61.2
$50,000+ 288 84 29.6 24.1-35.8 204 70.4 64.2-75.9
Don't know/Not Sure 122 43 33.7 24.7-44.0 79 66.3 56.0-75.3

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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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