2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 608 142 24.2 20.5-28.4 466 75.8 71.6-79.5
GENDER
Male 290 70 25.6 20.1-32.0 220 74.4 68.0-79.9
Female 318 72 23.0 18.1-28.7 246 77.0 71.3-81.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 355 86 24.1 19.3-29.7 269 75.9 70.3-80.7
Non-Hispanic Black 138 46 34.1 25.6-43.7 92 65.9 56.3-74.4
Other 101 *** *** *** 94 93.9 86.7-97.3
AGE
18-44 234 *** *** *** 224 96.6 93.4-98.3
45-64 228 53 27.6 21.2-35.2 175 72.4 64.8-78.8
65+ 132 76 58.7 48.6-68.0 56 41.3 32.0-51.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 43 29.8 22.3-38.6 110 70.2 61.4-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 122 31 25.4 17.7-34.9 91 74.6 65.1-82.3
College Graduate 329 67 19.1 15.0-24.0 262 80.9 76.0-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 49 26.2 19.5-34.2 134 73.8 65.8-80.5
$50,000+ 318 61 20.0 15.3-25.8 257 80.0 74.2-84.7
Don't know/Not Sure 105 31 32.8 23.4-43.8 74 67.2 56.2-76.6

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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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