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| Total Respond.# |
Checked | Not Checked | Never Checked | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,049 | 4,796 | 75.1 | 73.2-76.8 | 192 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 1,061 | 21.2 | 19.5-23.0 |
| Durham County | 391 | 315 | 76.0 | 68.6-82.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 67 | 22.1 | 16.1-29.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 144 | 109 | 71.1 | 58.6-81.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 | 34 | 28.3 | 18.3-40.9 |
| Female | 247 | 206 | 81.0 | 74.0-86.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.8 | 33 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 210 | 179 | 84.6 | 78.0-89.5 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.4 | 24 | 12.3 | 7.9-18.5 |
| Other | 174 | 131 | 68.8 | 56.7-78.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.3 | 41 | 30.4 | 20.5-42.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 215 | 151 | 64.6 | 54.6-73.4 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.9 | 58 | 32.9 | 24.1-43.1 |
| 45+ | 170 | 159 | 94.8 | 90.4-97.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 | 9 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 124 | 98 | 74.9 | 63.8-83.4 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.7 | 22 | 23.3 | 15.0-34.5 |
| Some College + | 267 | 217 | 76.6 | 66.7-84.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.8 | 45 | 21.5 | 14.0-31.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 190 | 150 | 74.3 | 62.0-83.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.6 | 37 | 24.0 | 14.8-36.5 |
| $50,000+ | 132 | 112 | 81.6 | 70.9-88.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 | 18 | 16.8 | 9.7-27.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 418 | 343 | 78.9 | 73.5-83.5 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 66 | 18.7 | 14.4-24.0 |
| Cumberland | 419 | 323 | 68.4 | 58.0-77.2 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.1 | 90 | 30.3 | 21.5-40.8 |
| Forsyth | 443 | 376 | 84.6 | 80.3-88.2 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.5 | 58 | 13.6 | 10.2-17.9 |
| Gaston | 461 | 383 | 80.6 | 75.9-84.6 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 | 67 | 17.1 | 13.3-21.7 |
| Guilford | 402 | 327 | 81.2 | 76.6-85.1 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 64 | 15.6 | 12.1-19.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 420 | 339 | 77.4 | 72.0-82.1 | 12 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.1 | 69 | 19.3 | 14.9-24.6 |
| New Hanover | 398 | 321 | 75.8 | 67.3-82.6 | 15 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.5 | 62 | 21.0 | 14.3-29.9 |
| Onslow | 422 | 310 | 65.9 | 57.4-73.4 | 17 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.6 | 95 | 28.0 | 21.3-35.8 |
| Wake | 417 | 336 | 76.3 | 70.6-81.2 | 14 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.5 | 67 | 20.0 | 15.4-25.5 |
| Western NC | 608 | 480 | 77.3 | 73.2-81.0 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.4 | 101 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 652 | 500 | 75.0 | 70.5-79.0 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.1 | 125 | 21.0 | 17.2-25.4 |
| Eastern NC | 598 | 443 | 70.7 | 65.8-75.2 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.4 | 130 | 24.8 | 20.7-29.5 |
* Data in this table were derived from the cholesterol awareness questions 1 and 2.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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