2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 874 378 36.9 32.1-42.0 496 63.1 58.0-67.9
GENDER
Male 356 143 32.4 25.5-40.1 213 67.6 59.9-74.5
Female 518 235 41.0 34.5-47.9 283 59.0 52.1-65.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 372 156 39.3 33.0-46.1 216 60.7 53.9-67.0
Non-Hispanic Black 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 337 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 252 52 14.7 9.9-21.1 200 85.3 78.9-90.1
45-64 325 148 45.0 36.2-54.1 177 55.0 45.9-63.8
65+ 283 171 59.3 49.3-68.6 112 40.7 31.4-50.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 130 41.3 31.8-51.4 141 58.7 48.6-68.2
Some Post-H.S. 271 110 33.2 25.6-41.9 161 66.8 58.1-74.4
College Graduate 329 138 36.1 29.2-43.6 191 63.9 56.4-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 312 150 40.4 31.5-49.9 162 59.6 50.1-68.5
$50,000+ 374 128 32.3 25.9-39.4 246 67.7 60.6-74.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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