2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

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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
Piedmont NC 1,792 471 23.4 20.9-26.1 1,321 76.6 73.9-79.1
GENDER
Male 803 228 27.6 23.5-32.0 575 72.4 68.0-76.5
Female 989 243 19.7 16.8-22.9 746 80.3 77.1-83.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,133 340 26.8 23.6-30.3 793 73.2 69.7-76.4
Non-Hispanic Black 346 83 22.7 17.5-28.9 263 77.3 71.1-82.5
Other 283 41 9.9 6.4-15.2 242 90.1 84.8-93.6
AGE
18-34 326 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 261 20 9.2 5.3-15.4 241 90.8 84.6-94.7
45-54 318 49 16.8 11.7-23.6 269 83.2 76.4-88.3
55-64 324 99 35.5 28.5-43.1 225 64.5 56.9-71.5
65-74 302 156 51.9 44.1-59.5 146 48.1 40.5-55.9
75+ 229 133 56.8 47.6-65.5 96 43.2 34.5-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 332 106 26.2 20.9-32.4 226 73.8 67.6-79.1
Some Post-H.S. 424 114 22.1 17.5-27.4 310 77.9 72.6-82.5
College Graduate 900 208 21.1 17.8-24.7 692 78.9 75.3-82.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 507 197 35.1 29.6-41.0 310 64.9 59.0-70.4
No 1,227 253 18.4 15.7-21.4 974 81.6 78.6-84.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 196 80 39.1 30.0-49.0 116 60.9 51.0-70.0
Non-Veteran 1,593 390 21.6 19.1-24.3 1,203 78.4 75.7-80.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,018 150 15.1 12.4-18.2 868 84.9 81.8-87.6
Unemployed 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 491 258 49.5 42.9-56.2 233 50.5 43.8-57.1
Unable to Work 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 81 24 22.8 14.4-34.1 57 77.2 65.9-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 200 56 27.9 20.1-37.2 144 72.1 62.8-79.9
$50,000- 74,999 234 60 19.1 13.7-25.9 174 80.9 74.1-86.3
$75,000+ 683 140 18.9 15.3-23.1 543 81.1 76.9-84.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 358 110 27.8 22.0-34.4 248 72.2 65.6-78.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,058 260 21.7 18.6-25.1 798 78.3 74.9-81.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 358 110 27.8 22.0-34.4 248 72.2 65.6-78.0
HOUSING
Own 1,175 361 27.1 23.9-30.6 814 72.9 69.4-76.1
Rent 485 79 14.0 10.2-18.9 406 86.0 81.1-89.8
Other arrangement 109 24 12.9 7.7-21.0 85 87.1 79.0-92.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 998 229 19.7 16.8-22.9 769 80.3 77.1-83.2
Regional City or Suburban County 427 131 25.5 20.5-31.2 296 74.5 68.8-79.5
Rural 367 111 30.1 23.7-37.4 256 69.9 62.6-76.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 638 190 25.8 21.6-30.5 448 74.2 69.5-78.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,032 243 21.2 18.1-24.5 789 78.8 75.5-81.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 669 180 24.2 20.2-28.7 489 75.8 71.3-79.8
2nd Quartile 687 180 22.5 18.8-26.6 507 77.5 73.4-81.2
3rd Quartile 378 91 20.9 15.8-27.0 287 79.1 73.0-84.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Cholesterol Awareness.

*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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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