2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,247 1,676 36.8 35.0-38.6 2,571 63.2 61.4-65.0
Medicaid Region 2 647 271 40.8 36.4-45.3 376 59.2 54.7-63.6
GENDER
Male 299 134 42.7 36.4-49.3 165 57.3 50.7-63.6
Female 348 137 39.0 32.9-45.5 211 61.0 54.5-67.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 204 45.7 40.6-50.9 264 54.3 49.1-59.4
Non-Hispanic Black 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 20 18.4 10.9-29.3 46 81.6 70.7-89.1
AGE
18-44 195 39 18.5 12.9-25.9 156 81.5 74.1-87.1
45-64 245 119 49.2 42.4-56.1 126 50.8 43.9-57.6
65+ 193 110 62.0 53.8-69.5 83 38.0 30.5-46.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 97 50.9 43.0-58.7 96 49.1 41.3-57.0
Some Post-H.S. 192 81 35.8 28.6-43.8 111 64.2 56.2-71.4
College Graduate 262 93 33.6 27.5-40.2 169 66.4 59.8-72.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 101 43.2 35.4-51.4 114 56.8 48.6-64.6
$50,000+ 286 108 37.4 31.1-44.1 178 62.6 55.9-68.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 61 42.7 33.2-52.9 82 57.3 47.1-66.8

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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