2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 597 164 26.2 22.0-30.9 433 73.8 69.1-78.0
GENDER
Male 265 72 27.9 21.4-35.5 193 72.1 64.5-78.6
Female 332 92 24.8 19.5-30.9 240 75.2 69.1-80.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 344 101 29.4 23.6-36.0 243 70.6 64.0-76.4
Non-Hispanic Black 124 45 32.4 23.3-43.1 79 67.6 56.9-76.7
Other 117 17 9.0 4.8-16.2 100 91.0 83.8-95.2
AGE
18-44 200 *** *** *** 196 97.3 91.7-99.2
45-64 216 66 35.9 28.0-44.6 150 64.1 55.4-72.0
65+ 177 93 53.0 43.6-62.3 84 47.0 37.7-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 50 31.2 22.5-41.5 92 68.8 58.5-77.5
Some Post-H.S. 134 41 28.5 20.0-38.9 93 71.5 61.1-80.0
College Graduate 320 73 20.9 16.1-26.6 247 79.1 73.4-83.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 51 31.3 22.7-41.5 95 68.7 58.5-77.3
$50,000+ 340 80 23.4 18.0-29.7 260 76.6 70.3-82.0
Don't know/Not Sure 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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