2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 435 140 29.9 24.1-36.5 295 70.1 63.5-75.9
GENDER
Male 200 67 34.3 25.7-44.1 133 65.7 55.9-74.3
Female 235 73 25.9 19.0-34.2 162 74.1 65.8-81.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 349 120 32.2 25.6-39.6 229 67.8 60.4-74.4
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 60 12 9.8 4.8-19.1 48 90.2 80.9-95.2
AGE
18-44 97 *** *** *** 89 90.7 80.7-95.8
45-64 169 43 29.6 20.3-40.9 126 70.4 59.1-79.7
65+ 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 119 38 23.8 16.3-33.4 81 76.2 66.6-83.7
College Graduate 171 45 21.1 15.6-27.9 126 78.9 72.1-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 174 43 20.4 14.8-27.3 131 79.6 72.7-85.2
Don't know/Not Sure 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

^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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