2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,592 114 7.9 6.3- 9.9 1,280 77.6 74.6-80.3 134 9.8 7.9-12.1 40 2.7 1.9- 3.8 24 2.1 1.2- 3.4
Female 2,111 94 6.2 4.8- 7.9 1,780 81.0 78.5-83.3 167 8.9 7.3-10.8 50 2.9 2.1- 4.0 20 1.0 0.6- 1.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,219 93 5.6 4.4- 7.1 1,877 81.9 79.6-83.9 175 8.5 7.1-10.2 49 2.4 1.8- 3.3 25 1.6 0.9- 2.6
Non-Hispanic Black 638 23 4.1 2.6- 6.5 547 82.8 78.0-86.7 53 11.4 7.9-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 328 20 7.5 3.1-16.8 289 88.7 79.1-94.2 17 3.8 1.4- 9.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 148 18 14.8 8.9-23.4 103 70.0 60.0-78.5 17 8.1 4.4-14.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 316 51 16.6 12.2-22.1 205 63.6 56.8-69.9 31 10.4 6.9-15.4 22 7.1 4.5-11.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 640 117 19.3 15.7-23.3 391 60.7 55.7-65.4 77 11.8 8.9-15.4 35 4.7 3.3- 6.7 20 3.6 2.1- 6.1
35-44 515 42 8.5 5.8-12.3 381 70.2 64.7-75.2 63 13.7 10.1-18.3 21 5.5 3.4- 8.7 *** *** ***
45-54 582 18 1.8 1.0- 3.2 487 84.5 80.2-88.1 56 10.7 7.6-14.9 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9 *** *** ***
55-64 709 20 2.2 1.3- 3.8 630 90.9 88.2-93.1 46 5.2 3.6- 7.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 698 *** *** *** 645 90.9 86.6-94.0 37 6.9 4.1-11.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 503 *** *** *** 478 93.7 89.7-96.3 15 4.7 2.5- 8.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 277 36 12.2 8.3-17.7 201 75.1 67.8-81.1 23 7.3 4.0-13.0 13 3.7 2.0- 6.7 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 770 68 10.4 7.8-13.7 616 75.4 70.8-79.4 55 9.5 6.7-13.3 16 2.6 1.5- 4.3 15 2.2 1.2- 3.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,022 49 5.8 4.1- 8.1 848 79.6 76.1-82.8 84 9.7 7.5-12.5 27 3.2 2.1- 4.9 14 1.6 0.8- 3.4
College Graduate 1,615 54 3.9 2.9- 5.2 1,378 83.7 81.3-85.8 138 9.5 7.8-11.5 34 2.3 1.5- 3.3 11 0.7 0.4- 1.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,194 58 6.6 4.8- 9.0 1,020 82.5 79.2-85.4 81 7.4 5.5- 9.9 24 2.2 1.4- 3.5 11 1.3 0.6- 2.5
No 2,382 144 7.4 6.0- 8.9 1,934 77.8 75.4-80.1 209 10.2 8.5-12.1 64 3.1 2.4- 4.1 31 1.5 1.0- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 474 26 6.7 4.1-10.7 405 82.2 76.5-86.7 27 7.3 4.3-12.2 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 3,212 181 7.0 5.9- 8.4 2,642 79.1 77.1-81.0 272 9.5 8.2-11.1 77 2.8 2.2- 3.6 40 1.5 1.0- 2.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,936 148 9.0 7.4-10.9 1,506 75.6 73.0-78.1 187 9.9 8.3-11.9 62 3.4 2.6- 4.5 33 2.0 1.3- 3.1
Unemployed 157 14 9.1 4.8-16.6 *** *** *** 21 16.8 9.6-27.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,090 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0 1,025 92.4 89.4-94.6 45 5.9 3.9- 8.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 271 *** *** *** 252 95.4 91.7-97.5 14 3.3 1.6- 6.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 200 26 14.9 9.7-22.0 125 59.7 50.9-67.9 31 16.6 11.1-24.2 13 6.7 3.7-11.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 14 10.0 4.8-19.5 146 72.2 62.0-80.6 17 10.9 5.9-19.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 253 22 9.7 5.7-15.8 194 76.3 68.0-82.9 28 10.2 6.0-16.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 334 25 7.4 4.7-11.7 265 73.6 65.8-80.2 28 12.4 7.3-20.3 11 3.8 1.9- 7.4 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 431 25 5.7 3.3- 9.8 359 79.2 73.3-84.1 25 6.7 4.3-10.4 14 5.0 2.9- 8.5 *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 496 23 7.2 4.5-11.3 410 79.0 73.4-83.7 40 9.8 6.5-14.5 14 3.0 1.6- 5.6 *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 399 16 6.1 3.2-11.5 348 83.8 77.6-88.6 26 6.5 3.9-10.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 437 15 3.9 2.2- 6.9 364 83.6 78.9-87.4 41 8.7 6.0-12.5 13 3.2 1.7- 5.7 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 394 11 4.3 2.0- 8.8 340 84.5 79.3-88.6 32 7.9 5.4-11.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 773 57 9.3 7.0-12.3 634 77.7 73.4-81.6 64 10.9 7.9-14.8 13 1.3 0.7- 2.5 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 269 27 11.3 7.1-17.4 205 73.7 66.1-80.1 26 8.5 5.3-13.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 223 22 8.6 5.1-14.3 160 69.3 59.1-77.9 26 13.7 7.6-23.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 273 14 5.1 2.5-10.1 229 81.4 74.1-87.0 19 8.8 4.9-15.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 2,040 75 5.3 4.0- 7.0 1,742 82.4 80.0-84.7 152 8.2 6.7-10.0 50 2.9 2.1- 4.0 21 1.1 0.6- 2.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 773 57 9.3 7.0-12.3 634 77.7 73.4-81.6 64 10.9 7.9-14.8 13 1.3 0.7- 2.5 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 2,512 66 3.7 2.7- 5.1 2,206 84.6 82.4-86.6 177 8.6 7.0-10.4 49 2.4 1.7- 3.2 14 0.8 0.4- 1.6
Rent 925 113 15.3 12.4-18.6 659 66.0 61.9-69.9 93 11.3 8.8-14.4 37 4.3 3.0- 6.2 23 3.1 1.9- 5.0
Other arrangement 222 28 15.6 10.5-22.5 156 66.6 58.3-74.1 28 11.6 7.4-17.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,112 77 8.6 6.7-11.0 898 79.0 75.8-81.8 91 8.2 6.4-10.5 30 2.4 1.6- 3.7 16 1.7 1.0- 2.9
Regional City or Suburban County 915 52 6.3 4.6- 8.6 726 78.4 74.8-81.6 94 10.7 8.4-13.5 31 3.5 2.4- 5.2 12 1.1 0.5- 2.4
Rural 1,676 79 6.0 4.5- 8.2 1,436 80.7 77.3-83.6 116 9.2 7.0-12.0 29 2.5 1.7- 3.8 16 1.5 0.8- 3.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,195 67 7.0 5.0- 9.7 1,010 79.9 76.0-83.3 82 9.1 6.6-12.3 23 2.7 1.7- 4.3 13 1.3 0.7- 2.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,045 50 6.6 4.8- 9.1 864 78.6 74.8-81.9 93 10.3 7.9-13.2 24 2.6 1.6- 4.1 14 1.9 0.9- 3.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,463 91 7.3 5.7- 9.1 1,186 79.8 77.0-82.3 126 8.8 7.0-10.8 43 3.0 2.1- 4.2 17 1.2 0.7- 2.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,131 58 5.4 4.1- 7.2 939 81.9 78.9-84.6 94 8.2 6.5-10.4 29 2.9 1.9- 4.5 11 1.5 0.7- 3.2
2nd Quartile 988 65 8.5 6.5-11.2 782 75.8 72.0-79.3 91 10.5 8.0-13.7 33 3.5 2.4- 5.0 17 1.6 0.9- 2.8
3rd Quartile 918 49 6.9 5.0- 9.5 762 80.3 76.6-83.5 77 9.3 7.0-12.2 20 2.1 1.3- 3.4 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 666 36 6.8 3.9-11.7 577 82.0 75.7-86.9 39 8.4 5.0-13.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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