2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood.
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  Total
Respond.^
Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,448 338 9.6 8.4-10.8 3,528 76.9 75.2-78.4 378 9.2 8.1-10.3 153 3.3 2.7- 4.1 51 1.0 0.8- 1.4
GENDER
Male 2,047 202 12.4 10.6-14.5 1,552 73.3 70.8-75.7 188 9.5 8.1-11.2 78 3.6 2.8- 4.7 27 1.1 0.7- 1.8
Female 2,401 136 7.0 5.7- 8.5 1,976 80.1 77.9-82.2 190 8.8 7.4-10.5 75 3.1 2.3- 4.2 24 1.0 0.6- 1.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,981 217 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,294 80.4 78.7-82.0 318 8.5 7.5- 9.7 117 3.0 2.4- 3.8 35 0.8 0.5- 1.2
No 379 101 28.5 23.2-34.6 178 44.9 39.0-51.0 50 15.4 11.3-20.7 35 7.6 5.1-11.1 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,131 108 12.3 9.9-15.2 859 73.8 70.4-76.9 109 9.7 7.8-12.0 46 3.7 2.7- 5.1 *** *** ***
Overweight 1,411 100 8.5 6.8-10.6 1,127 76.8 73.8-79.6 117 9.1 7.4-11.3 50 4.1 2.8- 6.0 17 1.4 0.8- 2.5
Obese 1,457 74 6.6 5.0- 8.8 1,223 81.6 78.8-84.1 109 8.5 6.8-10.5 33 2.3 1.5- 3.4 18 1.0 0.6- 1.7
Current Smoker
Yes 567 62 14.2 10.8-18.4 425 70.6 65.6-75.1 51 10.1 7.3-13.9 21 3.5 2.1- 5.7 *** *** ***
No 3,784 265 8.8 7.6-10.1 3,035 78.0 76.3-79.7 316 9.0 7.9-10.3 125 3.2 2.5- 4.0 43 1.0 0.7- 1.4
History of CVD**
Yes 504 *** *** *** 474 93.4 90.1-95.7 18 3.9 2.2- 6.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,905 330 10.5 9.2-11.9 3,023 75.0 73.2-76.7 358 9.8 8.7-11.1 143 3.5 2.8- 4.3 51 1.2 0.8- 1.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 584 73 13.8 10.8-17.4 390 64.3 59.5-68.8 75 14.1 10.8-18.2 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6 17 2.7 1.6- 4.6
No 3,592 226 8.3 7.1- 9.7 2,940 79.5 77.7-81.2 279 8.4 7.3- 9.6 116 3.0 2.4- 3.9 31 0.8 0.5- 1.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 218 26 14.2 9.5-20.8 150 65.9 58.1-72.8 26 12.0 7.8-18.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,948 272 8.8 7.7-10.2 3,173 77.9 76.1-79.5 326 9.0 7.9-10.3 137 3.3 2.7- 4.1 40 0.9 0.6- 1.3
COPD
Yes 341 *** *** *** 297 87.8 83.1-91.4 26 8.0 5.0-12.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,089 326 10.1 8.9-11.5 3,215 75.9 74.1-77.6 350 9.3 8.2-10.5 149 3.6 2.9- 4.4 49 1.1 0.8- 1.5
Current Asthma
Yes 394 28 8.1 5.4-11.9 326 82.5 77.7-86.5 31 7.6 5.0-11.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 4,041 309 9.7 8.5-11.1 3,194 76.4 74.6-78.0 345 9.3 8.2-10.5 148 3.6 2.9- 4.4 45 1.0 0.7- 1.4
Diabetes
Yes 653 *** *** *** 618 95.0 92.4-96.7 20 3.3 1.9- 5.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,793 330 11.0 9.7-12.5 2,909 73.9 72.1-75.7 357 10.1 8.9-11.4 147 3.7 3.1- 4.6 50 1.2 0.9- 1.7
Functional Disability
Yes 1,381 82 7.6 5.9- 9.8 1,159 80.8 77.9-83.4 101 9.0 7.1-11.3 26 1.6 1.0- 2.7 *** *** ***
No 2,978 247 10.3 8.9-11.9 2,304 75.4 73.3-77.3 267 9.2 8.0-10.6 122 4.0 3.2- 5.0 38 1.1 0.7- 1.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,435 34 2.6 1.8- 3.7 1,299 90.2 88.1-91.9 76 5.6 4.3- 7.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 3,012 304 12.5 11.0-14.2 2,229 71.3 69.2-73.4 301 10.6 9.3-12.1 135 4.3 3.5- 5.3 43 1.2 0.9- 1.8

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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