2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Cholesterol Awareness

Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood.
About how long has it been since you last had your cholesterol checked?

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Respond.^
Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,703 208 7.0 5.9- 8.2 3,060 79.4 77.5-81.2 301 9.3 8.0-10.8 90 2.8 2.2- 3.5 44 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Medicaid Region 5 893 48 5.8 4.0- 8.5 761 81.4 76.6-85.4 55 7.7 4.9-12.0 15 2.6 1.4- 4.6 14 2.5 1.2- 5.1

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

Sub-Group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

^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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