2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 4,247 1,676 36.8 35.0-38.6 2,571 63.2 61.4-65.0
Medicaid Region 6 574 221 34.2 29.8-38.9 353 65.8 61.1-70.2
GENDER
Male 238 88 34.0 27.3-41.4 150 66.0 58.6-72.7
Female 336 133 34.4 28.6-40.7 203 65.6 59.3-71.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 149 36.5 30.7-42.7 213 63.5 57.3-69.3
Non-Hispanic Black 131 50 34.6 26.0-44.4 81 65.4 55.6-74.0
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 23 13.3 8.4-20.5 133 86.7 79.5-91.6
45-64 203 78 37.8 30.3-45.9 125 62.2 54.1-69.7
65+ 199 113 57.0 48.7-65.0 86 43.0 35.0-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 77 36.7 29.3-44.7 118 63.3 55.3-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 160 58 30.0 22.5-38.8 102 70.0 61.2-77.5
College Graduate 214 84 35.7 28.7-43.5 130 64.3 56.5-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 86 37.6 30.5-45.2 128 62.4 54.8-69.5
$50,000+ 229 85 30.5 23.7-38.2 144 69.5 61.8-76.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 50 36.1 26.7-46.7 79 63.9 53.3-73.3

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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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