2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 459 149 25.9 21.9-30.3 310 74.1 69.7-78.1
GENDER
Male 223 76 29.0 22.9-36.1 147 71.0 63.9-77.1
Female 236 73 22.8 17.8-28.8 163 77.2 71.2-82.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 255 85 26.9 21.5-32.9 170 73.1 67.1-78.5
Non-Hispanic Black 128 47 30.4 22.5-39.8 81 69.6 60.2-77.5
Other 69 14 11.0 5.9-19.4 55 89.0 80.6-94.1
AGE
18-44 144 *** *** *** 138 96.2 90.6-98.6
45-64 155 47 29.0 21.7-37.5 108 71.0 62.5-78.3
65+ 152 94 61.3 52.0-69.8 58 38.7 30.2-48.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 64 31.3 24.2-39.4 104 68.7 60.6-75.8
Some Post-H.S. 146 46 21.6 15.9-28.7 100 78.4 71.3-84.1
College Graduate 144 39 22.6 15.9-31.2 105 77.4 68.8-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 64 28.5 22.0-35.9 109 71.5 64.1-78.0
$50,000+ 191 42 16.8 12.1-22.9 149 83.2 77.1-87.9
Don't know/Not Sure 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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