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%)
TOTAL 4,255 1,281 26.6 25.0-28.3 2,974 73.4 71.7-75.0
GENDER
Male 1,930 621 29.5 27.0-32.0 1,309 70.5 68.0-73.0
Female 2,325 660 24.2 22.1-26.3 1,665 75.8 73.7-77.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,752 868 29.2 27.1-31.3 1,884 70.8 68.7-72.9
Non-Hispanic Black 799 274 29.1 25.4-33.0 525 70.9 67.0-74.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 67 12 10.9 5.5-20.3 55 89.1 79.7-94.5
Non-Hispanic Other 88 13 9.8 5.0-18.3 75 90.2 81.7-95.0
Hispanic 352 40 7.3 5.0-10.4 312 92.7 89.6-95.0
AGE
18-34 643 *** *** *** 636 99.3 98.4-99.7
35-44 635 49 7.2 5.2-10.0 586 92.8 90.0-94.8
45-54 725 147 21.1 17.7-24.9 578 78.9 75.1-82.3
55-64 792 285 36.5 32.4-40.8 507 63.5 59.2-67.6
65-74 852 479 56.6 52.1-61.0 373 43.4 39.0-47.9
75+ 505 285 56.0 50.2-61.6 220 44.0 38.4-49.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 349 134 38.8 32.5-45.6 215 61.2 54.4-67.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 937 339 31.6 28.1-35.4 598 68.4 64.6-71.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,137 335 24.0 21.3-26.9 802 76.0 73.1-78.7
College Graduate 1,816 467 21.3 19.3-23.5 1,349 78.7 76.5-80.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,318 599 41.2 37.8-44.6 719 58.8 55.4-62.2
No 2,853 666 20.7 19.0-22.6 2,187 79.3 77.4-81.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 573 234 37.4 32.8-42.2 339 62.6 57.8-67.2
Non-Veteran 3,660 1,041 25.2 23.5-27.0 2,619 74.8 73.0-76.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,235 361 14.5 12.9-16.3 1,874 85.5 83.7-87.1
Unemployed 199 40 17.0 11.5-24.4 159 83.0 75.6-88.5
Retired 1,237 684 54.9 51.3-58.5 553 45.1 41.5-48.7
Unable to Work 317 165 50.3 43.2-57.5 152 49.7 42.5-56.8
Other not in Labor Force 223 18 6.8 3.9-11.4 205 93.2 88.6-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 234 92 37.0 28.7-46.2 142 63.0 53.8-71.3
$15,000- 24,999 378 152 37.2 31.3-43.6 226 62.8 56.4-68.7
$25,000- 34,999 424 137 28.3 23.4-33.9 287 71.7 66.1-76.6
$35,000- 49,999 437 138 25.2 20.7-30.2 299 74.8 69.8-79.3
$50,000-74,999 548 158 24.8 20.7-29.4 390 75.2 70.6-79.3
$75,000-100,000 452 108 22.3 18.0-27.3 344 77.7 72.7-82.0
$100,000-150,000 495 104 16.9 13.6-20.8 391 83.1 79.2-86.4
$150,000+ 403 90 20.2 15.9-25.2 313 79.8 74.8-84.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 884 302 31.7 27.9-35.7 582 68.3 64.3-72.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 88 22 16.3 9.6-26.4 66 83.7 73.6-90.4
50% to 100% 318 120 37.2 30.1-45.0 198 62.8 55.0-69.9
101% to 150% 333 106 28.5 22.8-35.1 227 71.5 64.9-77.2
151% to 200% 346 112 28.2 22.9-34.2 234 71.8 65.8-77.1
More than 200% 2,251 611 23.1 21.1-25.2 1,640 76.9 74.8-78.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 884 302 31.7 27.9-35.7 582 68.3 64.3-72.1
HOUSING
Own 2,969 987 29.8 27.8-31.8 1,982 70.2 68.2-72.2
Rent 1,010 226 18.6 16.0-21.6 784 81.4 78.4-84.0
Other arrangement 223 53 14.3 10.1-19.9 170 85.7 80.1-89.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,295 315 21.9 19.4-24.6 980 78.1 75.4-80.6
Regional City or Suburban County 1,131 321 26.4 23.5-29.7 810 73.6 70.3-76.5
Rural 1,829 645 31.0 28.3-33.8 1,184 69.0 66.2-71.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,152 437 34.2 30.5-38.1 715 65.8 61.9-69.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,702 522 26.5 24.1-29.1 1,180 73.5 70.9-75.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,401 322 22.3 19.8-24.9 1,079 77.7 75.1-80.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,308 350 23.8 21.1-26.8 958 76.2 73.2-78.9
2nd Quartile 1,100 306 26.1 23.2-29.2 794 73.9 70.8-76.8
3rd Quartile 1,209 357 27.0 24.1-30.1 852 73.0 69.9-75.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 638 268 36.0 30.9-41.4 370 64.0 58.6-69.1

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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