2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 579 144 25.1 21.3-29.3 435 74.9 70.7-78.7
GENDER
Male 270 72 26.3 20.7-32.8 198 73.7 67.2-79.3
Female 309 72 24.0 18.9-30.0 237 76.0 70.0-81.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 358 95 29.9 24.7-35.7 263 70.1 64.3-75.3
Non-Hispanic Black 124 35 21.2 14.8-29.3 89 78.8 70.7-85.2
Other 85 11 8.3 4.2-15.5 74 91.7 84.5-95.8
AGE
18-44 203 *** *** *** 195 97.1 94.1-98.6
45-64 201 55 30.3 23.7-37.9 146 69.7 62.1-76.3
65+ 160 79 54.4 45.3-63.2 81 45.6 36.8-54.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 50 36.1 27.7-45.4 93 63.9 54.6-72.3
Some Post-H.S. 140 34 21.3 15.0-29.3 106 78.7 70.7-85.0
College Graduate 295 60 18.9 14.6-24.1 235 81.1 75.9-85.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 195 59 29.5 22.7-37.4 136 70.5 62.6-77.3
$50,000+ 264 52 19.7 14.7-25.9 212 80.3 74.1-85.3
Don't know/Not Sure 118 33 29.8 20.7-40.8 85 70.2 59.2-79.3

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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.

^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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