2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
-Western 539 171 29.4 24.3-35.1 368 70.6 64.9-75.7
GENDER
Male 250 85 33.4 26.1-41.5 165 66.6 58.5-73.9
Female 289 86 25.8 19.6-33.1 203 74.2 66.9-80.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 449 149 31.3 25.7-37.6 300 68.7 62.4-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 102 21 23.9 15.2-35.5 81 76.1 64.5-84.8
55-64 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 156 49 24.5 17.7-32.8 107 75.5 67.2-82.3
College Graduate 205 49 18.9 14.1-24.8 156 81.1 75.2-85.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 340 82 19.6 15.4-24.5 258 80.4 75.5-84.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 472 139 27.8 22.4-34.0 333 72.2 66.0-77.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 251 43 16.2 11.6-22.1 208 83.8 77.9-88.4
Unemployed 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 187 90 45.0 35.2-55.1 97 55.0 44.9-64.8
Unable to Work 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 143 28 14.3 9.6-20.8 115 85.7 79.2-90.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 269 72 23.2 18.1-29.2 197 76.8 70.8-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 397 130 32.1 26.1-38.9 267 67.9 61.1-73.9
Rent 115 36 25.2 16.9-35.8 79 74.8 64.2-83.1
Other arrangement 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 159 37 20.1 14.2-27.7 122 79.9 72.3-85.8
Rural 380 134 32.7 26.3-39.8 246 67.3 60.2-73.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 273 84 25.2 19.4-32.0 189 74.8 68.0-80.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 109 25 20.6 13.3-30.3 84 79.4 69.7-86.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 280 71 20.7 14.6-28.4 209 79.3 71.6-85.4
2nd Quartile 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 148 52 37.1 28.0-47.2 96 62.9 52.8-72.0

Back to Cholesterol Awareness.

*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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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