2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your cholesterol is high?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,606 1,434 36.3 34.1-38.6 2,172 63.7 61.4-65.9
Medicaid Region 1 461 186 37.4 30.2-45.2 275 62.6 54.8-69.8
GENDER
Male 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 270 102 30.8 23.8-38.8 168 69.2 61.2-76.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 383 148 38.2 30.3-46.8 235 61.8 53.2-69.7
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 198 98 53.7 43.3-63.7 100 46.3 36.3-56.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 196 77 37.2 29.3-45.8 119 62.8 54.2-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 197 82 35.4 27.6-44.0 115 64.6 56.0-72.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their cholesterol checked

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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