2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 470 172 34.2 28.9-39.9 298 65.8 60.1-71.1
GENDER
Male 214 83 38.3 30.0-47.3 131 61.7 52.7-70.0
Female 256 89 30.6 24.2-37.9 167 69.4 62.1-75.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 104 36.4 29.4-44.0 168 63.6 56.0-70.6
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 174 33 17.6 11.9-25.3 141 82.4 74.7-88.1
45-64 162 69 45.0 35.2-55.2 93 55.0 44.8-64.8
65+ 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 51 32.4 23.4-42.9 80 67.6 57.1-76.6
College Graduate 214 76 36.3 28.7-44.5 138 63.7 55.5-71.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 223 68 30.1 23.1-38.3 155 69.9 61.7-76.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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