2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 3 416 131 29.4 24.5-34.7 285 70.6 65.3-75.5
GENDER
Male 187 69 33.0 26.1-40.6 118 67.0 59.4-73.9
Female 229 62 25.9 19.5-33.6 167 74.1 66.4-80.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 104 31.4 26.0-37.4 216 68.6 62.6-74.0
Non-Hispanic Black 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 116 *** *** *** 111 96.5 91.7-98.6
45-64 164 51 33.9 26.2-42.5 113 66.1 57.5-73.8
65+ 129 74 59.0 48.7-68.5 55 41.0 31.5-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 46 35.9 27.3-45.5 81 64.1 54.5-72.7
Some Post-H.S. 132 47 29.3 21.6-38.5 85 70.7 61.5-78.4
College Graduate 157 38 19.2 13.7-26.3 119 80.8 73.7-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 49 33.6 24.6-44.0 82 66.4 56.0-75.4
$50,000+ 187 51 24.9 18.6-32.5 136 75.1 67.5-81.4
Don't know/Not Sure 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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