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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,018 | 1,440 | 28.9 | 27.0-30.8 | 3,578 | 71.1 | 69.2-73.0 |
| Durham County | 325 | 70 | 18.2 | 14.0-23.3 | 255 | 81.8 | 76.7-86.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 111 | 21 | 15.4 | 9.6-23.8 | 90 | 84.6 | 76.2-90.4 |
| Female | 214 | 49 | 20.5 | 15.1-27.3 | 165 | 79.5 | 72.7-84.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 186 | 44 | 21.4 | 15.7-28.5 | 142 | 78.6 | 71.5-84.3 |
| Other | 134 | 25 | 14.9 | 9.3-22.9 | 109 | 85.1 | 77.1-90.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 158 | 18 | 9.4 | 5.6-15.2 | 140 | 90.6 | 84.8-94.4 |
| 45+ | 161 | 51 | 29.1 | 21.2-38.4 | 110 | 70.9 | 61.6-78.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 102 | 30 | 25.9 | 17.5-36.4 | 72 | 74.1 | 63.6-82.5 |
| Some College + | 223 | 40 | 14.7 | 10.3-20.6 | 183 | 85.3 | 79.4-89.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 154 | 40 | 20.6 | 14.6-28.3 | 114 | 79.4 | 71.7-85.4 |
| $50,000+ | 114 | 19 | 15.7 | 9.3-25.3 | 95 | 84.3 | 74.7-90.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 353 | 97 | 26.5 | 21.8-31.8 | 256 | 73.5 | 68.2-78.2 |
| Cumberland | 331 | 95 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.3 | 236 | 72.6 | 66.7-77.7 |
| Forsyth | 389 | 109 | 26.3 | 21.7-31.4 | 280 | 73.7 | 68.6-78.3 |
| Gaston | 394 | 129 | 31.3 | 26.5-36.6 | 265 | 68.7 | 63.4-73.5 |
| Guilford | 340 | 90 | 24.8 | 20.0-30.3 | 250 | 75.2 | 69.7-80.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 354 | 93 | 24.9 | 20.3-30.1 | 261 | 75.1 | 69.9-79.7 |
| New Hanover | 337 | 95 | 27.2 | 22.2-32.9 | 242 | 72.8 | 67.1-77.8 |
| Onslow | 333 | 77 | 24.5 | 17.3-33.5 | 256 | 75.5 | 66.5-82.7 |
| Wake | 354 | 91 | 26.3 | 21.4-31.8 | 263 | 73.7 | 68.2-78.6 |
| Western NC | 505 | 162 | 32.9 | 28.4-37.8 | 343 | 67.1 | 62.2-71.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 527 | 179 | 31.6 | 27.0-36.6 | 348 | 68.4 | 63.4-73.0 |
| Eastern NC | 476 | 153 | 29.2 | 24.6-34.2 | 323 | 70.8 | 65.8-75.4 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having had cholesterol checked.
#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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