2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Cholesterol Awareness

Are you currently taking medicine prescribed by a doctor or other health professional for your cholesterol?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,625 1,088 25.8 23.9-27.8 2,537 74.2 72.2-76.1
Medicaid Region 4 840 220 24.0 20.6-27.9 620 76.0 72.1-79.4
GENDER
Male 378 100 26.5 21.1-32.9 278 73.5 67.1-78.9
Female 462 120 21.9 17.7-26.7 342 78.1 73.3-82.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 517 145 26.7 22.2-31.8 372 73.3 68.2-77.8
Non-Hispanic Black 162 52 28.2 20.3-37.8 110 71.8 62.2-79.7
Other 149 22 10.4 6.1-17.1 127 89.6 82.9-93.9
AGE
18-44 281 *** *** *** 274 96.9 92.9-98.7
45-64 297 77 29.8 23.4-37.1 220 70.2 62.9-76.6
65+ 252 134 51.5 43.1-59.9 118 48.5 40.1-56.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 60 27.9 20.7-36.5 130 72.1 63.5-79.3
Some Post-H.S. 187 54 24.6 18.0-32.6 133 75.4 67.4-82.0
College Graduate 460 106 20.9 16.7-25.8 354 79.1 74.2-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 65 26.7 20.1-34.5 140 73.3 65.5-79.9
$50,000+ 483 112 22.0 17.6-27.2 371 78.0 72.8-82.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 42 28.9 20.2-39.7 101 71.1 60.3-79.8

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*Asked of respondents who report having had their cholesterol checked.
The results are not comparable to those from surveys conducted prior to 2020. Before 2020, this question was only asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test and were told their cholesterol levels were high. However, in the 2021 and 2023 versions, the question was asked of respondents who had a cholesterol test regardless of their cholesterol levels. As a result, the question was posed to many more respondents in 2021 and 2023, leading to a considerably smaller percentage reporting the use of cholesterol medication.

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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