2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 505 131 21.8 17.6-26.6 374 78.2 73.4-82.4
GENDER
Male 225 60 25.2 18.5-33.2 165 74.8 66.8-81.5
Female 280 71 18.6 13.9-24.5 209 81.4 75.5-86.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 91 23.6 18.3-29.8 235 76.4 70.2-81.7
Non-Hispanic Black 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 12 10.0 4.9-19.4 66 90.0 80.6-95.1
AGE
18-44 153 *** *** *** 147 96.3 91.3-98.5
45-64 183 36 19.6 13.4-27.9 147 80.4 72.1-86.6
65+ 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 34 21.4 14.4-30.5 99 78.6 69.5-85.6
Some Post-H.S. 113 31 22.1 13.9-33.4 82 77.9 66.6-86.1
College Graduate 255 64 21.4 15.8-28.4 191 78.6 71.6-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 40 25.7 17.3-36.3 100 74.3 63.7-82.7
$50,000+ 260 65 21.4 15.9-28.2 195 78.6 71.8-84.1
Don't know/Not Sure 98 24 18.1 10.4-29.5 74 81.9 70.5-89.6

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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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