2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Cholesterol Awareness

Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high
(CDC calculated variable)

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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 6 464 182 39.5 34.0-45.3 282 60.5 54.7-66.0
GENDER
Male 197 78 37.5 29.6-46.1 119 62.5 53.9-70.4
Female 267 104 41.3 33.8-49.2 163 58.7 50.8-66.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 289 111 36.8 30.2-44.0 178 63.2 56.0-69.8
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 13 14.7 7.7-26.4 49 85.3 73.6-92.3
AGE
18-44 133 21 14.9 8.7-24.3 112 85.1 75.7-91.3
45-64 163 74 53.3 44.0-62.4 89 46.7 37.6-56.0
65+ 167 86 57.7 48.1-66.8 81 42.3 33.2-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 67 47.3 37.1-57.8 76 52.7 42.2-62.9
Some Post-H.S. 146 56 37.9 28.9-47.8 90 62.1 52.2-71.1
College Graduate 173 57 31.2 23.4-40.1 116 68.8 59.9-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 74 46.2 36.5-56.1 86 53.8 43.9-63.5
$50,000+ 214 75 34.2 27.0-42.3 139 65.8 57.7-73.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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