2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Adults who have had their cholesterol checked and have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that it was high
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,606 1,434 36.3 34.1-38.6 2,172 63.7 61.4-65.9
Region 5 502 186 33.4 28.2-38.9 316 66.6 61.1-71.8
GENDER
Male 223 79 35.7 28.0-44.2 144 64.3 55.8-72.0
Female 279 107 31.2 24.8-38.4 172 68.8 61.6-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 323 130 35.4 29.1-42.2 193 64.6 57.8-70.9
Non-Hispanic Black 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 26 16.7 10.7-25.1 128 83.3 74.9-89.3
45-64 182 67 39.4 30.7-48.8 115 60.6 51.2-69.3
65+ 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 43 30.1 21.4-40.6 89 69.9 59.4-78.6
Some Post-H.S. 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 253 96 33.0 26.6-40.1 157 67.0 59.9-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 57 39.8 30.0-50.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 259 98 35.5 28.4-43.4 161 64.5 56.6-71.6
Don't know/Not Sure 96 28 20.2 12.2-31.6 68 79.8 68.4-87.8

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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.

^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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