2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 353 143 36.2 29.6-43.5 210 63.8 56.5-70.4
GENDER
Male 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 196 83 37.4 29.0-46.6 113 62.6 53.4-71.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 179 69 36.6 28.0-46.1 110 63.4 53.9-72.0
Non-Hispanic Black 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 134 26 14.4 8.9-22.3 108 85.6 77.7-91.1
45-64 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 114 40 26.6 17.9-37.5 74 73.4 62.5-82.1
College Graduate 140 54 33.7 24.7-44.0 86 66.3 56.0-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 167 56 31.5 22.6-42.1 111 68.5 57.9-77.4
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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