2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 517 129 21.7 17.7-26.3 388 78.3 73.7-82.3
GENDER
Male 230 66 26.0 19.4-33.8 164 74.0 66.2-80.6
Female 287 63 18.0 13.4-23.8 224 82.0 76.2-86.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 314 97 26.5 21.0-33.0 217 73.5 67.0-79.0
Non-Hispanic Black 111 22 18.4 11.4-28.3 89 81.6 71.7-88.6
Other 81 *** *** *** 73 92.2 79.0-97.4
AGE
18-44 182 *** *** *** 174 95.0 88.8-97.9
45-64 180 43 25.4 18.2-34.2 137 74.6 65.8-81.8
65+ 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 39 22.4 15.3-31.6 96 77.6 68.4-84.7
Some Post-H.S. 143 38 20.4 13.9-29.0 105 79.6 71.0-86.1
College Graduate 235 51 22.3 16.2-29.9 184 77.7 70.1-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 46 26.7 18.8-36.4 111 73.3 63.6-81.2
$50,000+ 241 44 15.6 10.9-21.9 197 84.4 78.1-89.1
Don't know/Not Sure 112 35 26.1 17.5-36.9 77 73.9 63.1-82.5

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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 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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