2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your cholesterol is high?*

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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 7 596 237 38.1 33.2-43.2 359 61.9 56.8-66.8
GENDER
Male 264 110 40.9 33.7-48.6 154 59.1 51.4-66.3
Female 332 127 35.6 29.2-42.6 205 64.4 57.4-70.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 141 39.4 33.2-46.1 202 60.6 53.9-66.8
Non-Hispanic Black 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 201 31 15.3 9.8-23.0 170 84.7 77.0-90.2
45-64 216 100 49.4 40.9-57.8 116 50.6 42.2-59.1
65+ 175 103 60.5 51.2-69.2 72 39.5 30.8-48.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 62 41.1 31.3-51.8 81 58.9 48.2-68.7
Some Post-H.S. 134 55 38.1 28.3-48.9 79 61.9 51.1-71.7
College Graduate 318 119 35.6 29.7-41.9 199 64.4 58.1-70.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 339 119 33.8 27.6-40.5 220 66.2 59.5-72.4
Don't know/Not Sure 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their cholesterol checked

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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