2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 435 135 27.0 22.7-31.8 300 73.0 68.2-77.3
GENDER
Male 181 57 24.9 18.6-32.4 124 75.1 67.6-81.4
Female 254 78 28.7 23.0-35.2 176 71.3 64.8-77.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 285 97 30.1 24.5-36.4 188 69.9 63.6-75.5
Non-Hispanic Black 100 31 25.7 17.7-35.9 69 74.3 64.1-82.3
Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 112 *** *** *** 109 98.0 93.5-99.4
45-64 156 49 29.6 22.2-38.3 107 70.4 61.7-77.8
65+ 155 80 52.3 42.9-61.5 75 47.7 38.5-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 47 28.8 21.4-37.4 95 71.2 62.6-78.6
Some Post-H.S. 117 33 25.2 17.7-34.4 84 74.8 65.6-82.3
College Graduate 173 53 26.2 19.9-33.6 120 73.8 66.4-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 58 35.6 27.6-44.6 98 64.4 55.4-72.4
$50,000+ 170 52 24.1 18.0-31.5 118 75.9 68.5-82.0
Don't know/Not Sure 108 25 18.3 11.9-27.2 83 81.7 72.8-88.1

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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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