2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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
Region 1 & 2 412 128 23.4 18.7-29.0 284 76.6 71.0-81.3
GENDER
Male 173 61 23.8 17.4-31.7 112 76.2 68.3-82.6
Female 239 67 23.1 16.5-31.5 172 76.9 68.5-83.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 100 24.3 19.0-30.5 243 75.7 69.5-81.0
Non-Hispanic Black 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 52 20 13.7 6.6-26.2 32 86.3 73.8-93.4
AGE
18-44 86 *** *** *** 79 95.2 88.3-98.1
45-64 139 43 21.2 14.4-30.2 96 78.8 69.8-85.6
65+ 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 34 25.5 16.7-36.9 70 74.5 63.1-83.3
Some Post-H.S. 132 40 16.4 10.6-24.5 92 83.6 75.5-89.4
College Graduate 174 53 29.0 21.0-38.5 121 71.0 61.5-79.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 48 26.5 17.7-37.7 90 73.5 62.3-82.3
$50,000+ 175 51 20.4 14.4-27.9 124 79.6 72.1-85.6
Don't know/Not Sure 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2021 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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