2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,112 563 24.8 22.7-27.0 1,549 75.2 73.0-77.3
GENDER
Male 993 296 27.9 24.7-31.3 697 72.1 68.7-75.3
Female 1,119 267 22.2 19.4-25.1 852 77.8 74.9-80.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,374 393 27.5 24.8-30.3 981 72.5 69.7-75.2
Non-Hispanic Black 389 125 28.1 23.3-33.6 264 71.9 66.4-76.7
Other 304 37 8.3 5.7-11.9 267 91.7 88.1-94.3
AGE
18-34 384 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 364 26 6.5 4.2- 9.9 338 93.5 90.1-95.8
45-54 373 70 20.7 16.1-26.1 303 79.3 73.9-83.9
55-64 354 122 34.4 28.9-40.4 232 65.6 59.6-71.1
65-74 359 206 59.2 53.0-65.2 153 40.8 34.8-47.0
75+ 224 126 56.6 48.6-64.3 98 43.4 35.7-51.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 48 34.9 26.6-44.3 102 65.1 55.7-73.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 403 133 30.4 25.4-35.9 270 69.6 64.1-74.6
Some Post-H.S. 531 147 23.4 19.7-27.5 384 76.6 72.5-80.3
College Graduate 1,021 235 20.1 17.6-22.9 786 79.9 77.1-82.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 566 239 38.9 34.4-43.7 327 61.1 56.3-65.6
No 1,506 318 19.9 17.6-22.4 1,188 80.1 77.6-82.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 240 114 43.2 36.0-50.6 126 56.8 49.4-64.0
Non-Veteran 1,861 448 22.9 20.7-25.2 1,413 77.1 74.8-79.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,223 174 13.9 11.8-16.3 1,049 86.1 83.7-88.2
Unemployed 95 15 16.6 9.1-28.4 80 83.4 71.6-90.9
Retired 528 298 56.5 51.3-61.5 230 43.5 38.5-48.7
Unable to Work 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 30 26.0 17.0-37.7 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 156 57 38.0 29.3-47.5 99 62.0 52.5-70.7
$25,000- 34,999 186 62 32.6 25.3-40.9 124 67.4 59.1-74.7
$35,000- 49,999 203 60 22.3 16.5-29.5 143 77.7 70.5-83.5
$50,000- 74,999 260 68 23.1 17.7-29.5 192 76.9 70.5-82.3
$75,000+ 778 160 18.9 16.0-22.3 618 81.1 77.7-84.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 424 126 29.1 24.2-34.6 298 70.9 65.4-75.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 41 29.9 21.2-40.5 101 70.1 59.5-78.8
101% to 150% 142 39 28.6 20.5-38.4 103 71.4 61.6-79.5
151% to 200% 157 55 32.9 24.9-42.0 102 67.1 58.0-75.1
More than 200% 1,180 288 21.3 18.8-24.0 892 78.7 76.0-81.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 424 126 29.1 24.2-34.6 298 70.9 65.4-75.8
HOUSING
Own 1,423 432 27.9 25.3-30.7 991 72.1 69.3-74.7
Rent 555 105 17.2 13.9-21.2 450 82.8 78.8-86.1
Other arrangement 106 22 14.4 8.9-22.3 84 85.6 77.7-91.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,171 269 21.3 18.7-24.1 902 78.7 75.9-81.3
Regional City or Suburban County 540 164 28.2 23.9-32.8 376 71.8 67.2-76.1
Rural 401 130 29.8 24.9-35.2 271 70.2 64.8-75.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 188 74 36.4 28.9-44.8 114 63.6 55.2-71.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 794 234 26.1 22.7-29.8 560 73.9 70.2-77.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,130 255 21.9 19.2-24.9 875 78.1 75.1-80.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 707 165 22.9 19.4-26.8 542 77.1 73.2-80.6
2nd Quartile 799 211 24.2 21.0-27.8 588 75.8 72.2-79.0
3rd Quartile 540 151 25.4 21.3-30.0 389 74.6 70.0-78.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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