2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 837 316 35.2 31.2-39.4 521 64.8 60.6-68.8
GENDER
Male 376 147 37.2 31.2-43.6 229 62.8 56.4-68.8
Female 461 169 33.4 28.1-39.1 292 66.6 60.9-71.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 515 208 37.7 32.7-43.0 307 62.3 57.0-67.3
Non-Hispanic Black 161 64 34.8 26.1-44.6 97 65.2 55.4-73.9
Other 148 40 26.0 17.5-36.9 108 74.0 63.1-82.5
AGE
18-44 282 45 16.4 11.5-22.8 237 83.6 77.2-88.5
45-64 296 123 43.4 36.4-50.6 173 56.6 49.4-63.6
65+ 248 144 56.2 47.6-64.4 104 43.8 35.6-52.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 72 36.8 28.5-45.9 118 63.2 54.1-71.5
Some Post-H.S. 187 75 36.6 28.5-45.4 112 63.4 54.6-71.5
College Graduate 456 168 33.3 28.5-38.4 288 66.7 61.6-71.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 91 38.3 30.4-47.0 113 61.7 53.0-69.6
$50,000+ 482 173 34.5 29.3-40.2 309 65.5 59.8-70.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 49 32.0 23.2-42.2 93 68.0 57.8-76.8

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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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