2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your blood cholesterol?*

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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
-Non-Hispanic Black 799 274 29.1 25.4-33.0 525 70.9 67.0-74.6
GENDER
Male 324 112 30.5 24.7-37.1 212 69.5 62.9-75.3
Female 475 162 27.9 23.4-33.0 313 72.1 67.0-76.6
AGE
18-34 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 156 35 24.4 16.8-34.1 121 75.6 65.9-83.2
55-64 166 73 44.0 35.1-53.3 93 56.0 46.7-64.9
65-74 149 91 64.9 54.7-73.9 58 35.1 26.1-45.3
75+ 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 216 83 34.0 26.6-42.3 133 66.0 57.7-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 240 85 26.1 20.4-32.8 155 73.9 67.2-79.6
College Graduate 271 72 19.3 14.8-24.8 199 80.7 75.2-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 108 35 23.0 15.5-32.7 73 77.0 67.3-84.5
$35,000- 49,999 88 30 25.1 16.1-36.9 58 74.9 63.1-83.9
$50,000- 74,999 96 28 21.0 13.5-31.2 68 79.0 68.8-86.5
$75,000+ 155 33 19.8 13.3-28.3 122 80.2 71.7-86.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 289 152 44.6 37.5-51.9 137 55.4 48.1-62.5
No 490 119 22.2 18.0-27.0 371 77.8 73.0-82.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 123 48 31.9 23.3-41.9 75 68.1 58.1-76.7
Non-Veteran 673 225 28.7 24.7-33.1 448 71.3 66.9-75.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 275 84 24.8 19.5-30.9 191 75.2 69.1-80.5
Regional City or Suburban County 217 64 27.5 20.5-35.7 153 72.5 64.3-79.5
Rural 307 126 36.0 29.5-43.1 181 64.0 56.9-70.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 390 68 15.2 11.5-19.9 322 84.8 80.1-88.5
Unemployed 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 215 137 63.3 54.5-71.3 78 36.7 28.7-45.5
Unable to Work 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 334 95 22.4 17.7-27.9 239 77.6 72.1-82.3
HOUSING
Own 456 180 34.9 29.7-40.5 276 65.1 59.5-70.3
Rent 281 74 20.3 15.7-26.0 207 79.7 74.0-84.3
Other arrangement 58 19 18.1 10.0-30.4 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 299 130 38.1 31.4-45.3 169 61.9 54.7-68.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 264 74 23.4 18.0-29.9 190 76.6 70.1-82.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 236 70 27.2 21.1-34.4 166 72.8 65.6-78.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 127 35 25.9 17.5-36.6 92 74.1 63.4-82.5
2nd Quartile 193 57 24.8 18.6-32.1 136 75.2 67.9-81.4
3rd Quartile 297 92 27.6 22.0-34.0 205 72.4 66.0-78.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 182 90 45.0 35.7-54.6 92 55.0 45.4-64.3

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*Asked of respondents who report having had their cholesterol checked.
NOTE: These results are NOT COMPARABLE to those from earlier surveys. On previous surveys, this question was asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test AND were told their cholesterol levels were high. The 2021 version was asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test REGARDLESS of whether their levels were high. As a result, the 2021 version was asked of many more respondents, leading to a considerably smaller percentage reporting use of cholesterol medication.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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