2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Cholesterol check within past five years
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Had cholesterol checked in past 5 years Did not have cholesterol checked in past 5 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,640 3,524 96.5 95.5-97.4 116 3.5 2.6- 4.5
Medicaid Region 5 886 852 95.9 93.7-97.4 34 4.1 2.6- 6.3
GENDER
Male 363 343 94.4 90.4-96.8 20 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Female 523 509 97.4 94.5-98.7 14 2.6 1.3- 5.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 362 95.4 92.0-97.4 15 4.6 2.6- 8.0
Non-Hispanic Black 154 151 98.3 93.8-99.5 *** *** ***
Other 341 325 93.4 85.8-97.0 16 6.6 3.0-14.2
AGE
18-44 254 232 92.2 87.1-95.4 22 7.8 4.6-12.9
45-64 330 320 97.0 93.3-98.7 *** *** ***
65+ 286 284 99.9 99.7- 100 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 259 93.6 88.5-96.5 17 6.4 3.5-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 274 264 97.0 93.0-98.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 333 326 97.7 94.6-99.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 316 299 94.2 88.9-97.0 17 5.8 3.0-11.1
$50,000+ 377 366 96.6 93.4-98.3 11 3.4 1.7- 6.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 187 181 97.2 92.3-99.0 *** *** ***

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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.

***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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