2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,255 1,281 26.6 25.0-28.3 2,974 73.4 71.7-75.0
Medicaid Region 6 574 175 27.1 23.0-31.6 399 72.9 68.4-77.0
GENDER
Male 239 76 26.2 20.4-32.9 163 73.8 67.1-79.6
Female 335 99 27.9 22.4-34.1 236 72.1 65.9-77.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 124 30.7 25.3-36.7 238 69.3 63.3-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 131 41 27.1 19.4-36.4 90 72.9 63.6-80.6
Other 69 *** *** *** 60 89.7 80.1-95.0
AGE
18-44 156 *** *** *** 152 98.1 94.7-99.3
45-64 205 60 30.1 23.0-38.3 145 69.9 61.7-77.0
65+ 197 106 56.9 48.5-64.9 91 43.1 35.1-51.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 63 29.6 22.9-37.3 133 70.4 62.7-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 159 46 25.0 18.2-33.4 113 75.0 66.6-81.8
College Graduate 214 63 25.0 19.2-31.8 151 75.0 68.2-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 73 34.1 27.2-41.7 140 65.9 58.3-72.8
$50,000+ 230 71 23.8 18.0-30.8 159 76.2 69.2-82.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 31 21.9 14.3-32.0 98 78.1 68.0-85.7

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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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