2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 694 268 30.8 26.7-35.2 426 69.2 64.8-73.3
GENDER
Male 283 115 32.3 26.1-39.2 168 67.7 60.8-73.9
Female 411 153 29.4 24.1-35.3 258 70.6 64.7-75.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 415 158 33.2 28.0-38.8 257 66.8 61.2-72.0
Non-Hispanic Black 124 54 29.6 20.4-40.8 70 70.4 59.2-79.6
Other 150 53 18.9 12.2-28.1 97 81.1 71.9-87.8
AGE
18-44 156 *** *** *** 146 95.9 91.6-98.1
45-64 227 78 35.2 27.7-43.4 149 64.8 56.6-72.3
65+ 292 168 56.4 48.7-63.8 124 43.6 36.2-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 113 38.8 31.3-46.9 131 61.2 53.1-68.7
Some Post-H.S. 188 59 22.0 16.0-29.5 129 78.0 70.5-84.0
College Graduate 260 94 29.8 23.7-36.6 166 70.2 63.4-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 125 34.5 27.8-42.0 150 65.5 58.0-72.2
$50,000+ 267 81 23.8 18.4-30.2 186 76.2 69.8-81.6
Don't know/Not Sure 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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