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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 |
| Eastern NC | 476 | 153 | 29.2 | 24.6-34.2 | 323 | 70.8 | 65.8-75.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 160 | 51 | 30.1 | 22.6-38.8 | 109 | 69.9 | 61.2-77.4 |
| Female | 316 | 102 | 28.4 | 23.2-34.4 | 214 | 71.6 | 65.6-76.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 336 | 116 | 32.0 | 26.4-38.2 | 220 | 68.0 | 61.8-73.6 |
| Other | 131 | 35 | 23.8 | 16.5-33.0 | 96 | 76.2 | 67.0-83.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 173 | 37 | 18.1 | 12.6-25.3 | 136 | 81.9 | 74.7-87.4 |
| 45+ | 296 | 115 | 37.7 | 31.4-44.5 | 181 | 62.3 | 55.5-68.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 254 | 76 | 25.4 | 19.7-32.0 | 178 | 74.6 | 68.0-80.3 |
| Some College + | 218 | 76 | 34.9 | 27.7-42.9 | 142 | 65.1 | 57.1-72.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 279 | 93 | 32.1 | 26.0-38.8 | 186 | 67.9 | 61.2-74.0 |
| $50,000+ | 101 | 32 | 25.5 | 16.8-36.6 | 69 | 74.5 | 63.4-83.2 |
| 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 |
| Durham | 325 | 70 | 18.2 | 14.0-23.3 | 255 | 81.8 | 76.7-86.0 |
| 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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