2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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
-Non-Hispanic White 2,752 868 29.2 27.1-31.3 1,884 70.8 68.7-72.9
GENDER
Male 1,274 446 33.2 30.1-36.4 828 66.8 63.6-69.9
Female 1,478 422 25.7 23.0-28.5 1,056 74.3 71.5-77.0
AGE
18-34 365 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 362 31 8.9 6.0-13.1 331 91.1 86.9-94.0
45-54 426 93 22.5 18.2-27.3 333 77.5 72.7-81.8
55-64 535 180 35.5 30.6-40.8 355 64.5 59.2-69.4
65-74 630 340 54.6 49.5-59.7 290 45.4 40.3-50.5
75+ 384 203 52.1 45.5-58.5 181 47.9 41.5-54.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 555 220 34.8 30.2-39.7 335 65.2 60.3-69.8
Some Post-H.S. 741 221 26.3 22.8-30.1 520 73.7 69.9-77.2
College Graduate 1,329 358 22.9 20.6-25.5 971 77.1 74.5-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 180 81 41.6 33.2-50.5 99 58.4 49.5-66.8
$25,000- 34,999 234 87 36.1 28.8-44.1 147 63.9 55.9-71.2
$35,000- 49,999 267 94 30.0 24.0-36.8 173 70.0 63.2-76.0
$50,000- 74,999 394 121 27.5 22.4-33.1 273 72.5 66.9-77.6
$75,000+ 1,063 256 21.1 18.4-24.1 807 78.9 75.9-81.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 821 375 43.6 39.3-48.0 446 56.4 52.0-60.7
No 1,888 485 23.3 21.1-25.6 1,403 76.7 74.4-78.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 382 167 42.2 36.4-48.1 215 57.8 51.9-63.6
Non-Veteran 2,363 698 27.3 25.2-29.6 1,665 72.7 70.4-74.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 798 208 24.7 21.4-28.4 590 75.3 71.6-78.6
Regional City or Suburban County 740 230 29.3 25.6-33.4 510 70.7 66.6-74.4
Rural 1,214 430 32.3 29.0-35.9 784 67.7 64.1-71.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,432 253 16.7 14.6-19.1 1,179 83.3 80.9-85.4
Unemployed 88 *** *** *** 66 74.4 63.0-83.2
Retired 921 489 52.6 48.4-56.8 432 47.4 43.2-51.6
Unable to Work 168 87 53.3 43.9-62.5 81 46.7 37.5-56.1
Other not in Labor Force 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 149 55 36.0 26.9-46.3 94 64.0 53.7-73.1
151% to 200% 216 74 33.3 26.2-41.1 142 66.7 58.9-73.8
More than 200% 1,693 479 24.7 22.3-27.1 1,214 75.3 72.9-77.7
HOUSING
Own 2,158 721 31.0 28.6-33.4 1,437 69.0 66.6-71.4
Rent 459 114 22.8 18.5-27.7 345 77.2 72.3-81.5
Other arrangement 113 28 16.7 10.3-25.8 85 83.3 74.2-89.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 612 233 36.6 31.5-42.1 379 63.4 57.9-68.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,226 413 30.2 27.2-33.3 813 69.8 66.7-72.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 914 222 23.9 20.8-27.3 692 76.1 72.7-79.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 995 289 26.0 22.7-29.6 706 74.0 70.4-77.3
2nd Quartile 731 227 30.4 26.6-34.5 504 69.6 65.5-73.4
3rd Quartile 735 232 30.1 26.2-34.2 503 69.9 65.8-73.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 291 120 36.0 28.7-44.0 171 64.0 56.0-71.3

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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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