2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 882 298 28.9 24.2-34.0 584 71.1 66.0-75.8
GENDER
Male 362 123 28.8 22.0-36.6 239 71.2 63.4-78.0
Female 520 175 28.9 23.0-35.7 345 71.1 64.3-77.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 113 29.8 23.8-36.5 263 70.2 63.5-76.2
Non-Hispanic Black 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 341 129 21.8 13.4-33.3 212 78.2 66.7-86.6
AGE
18-44 254 19 5.3 2.6-10.5 235 94.7 89.5-97.4
45-64 330 112 32.7 24.5-42.1 218 67.3 57.9-75.5
65+ 283 162 58.7 48.7-68.1 121 41.3 31.9-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 273 112 36.8 27.5-47.2 161 63.2 52.8-72.5
Some Post-H.S. 274 85 23.0 16.6-31.0 189 77.0 69.0-83.4
College Graduate 332 99 24.9 19.2-31.8 233 75.1 68.2-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 120 33.1 24.1-43.5 195 66.9 56.5-75.9
$50,000+ 377 99 23.9 18.2-30.9 278 76.1 69.1-81.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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