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| Total Respond.# |
Checked | Not Checked | Never Checked | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,327 | 1,801 | 72.4 | 69.4-75.2 | 76 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.4 | 450 | 23.6 | 20.9-26.5 |
| Female | 3,722 | 2,995 | 77.5 | 75.2-79.7 | 116 | 3.4 | 2.6- 4.6 | 611 | 19.0 | 17.1-21.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 4,590 | 3,709 | 77.5 | 75.5-79.4 | 162 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.4 | 719 | 18.1 | 16.4-20.0 |
| African American | 1,109 | 853 | 71.8 | 67.3-75.9 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.2 | 237 | 26.1 | 22.1-30.5 |
| Other Minorities | 254 | 164 | 54.0 | 43.7-64.1 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.3 | 80 | 44.0 | 33.9-54.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 168 | 111 | 56.3 | 43.3-68.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.7 | 47 | 38.3 | 26.2-52.0 |
| No | 5,868 | 4,673 | 75.7 | 73.8-77.5 | 182 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.5 | 1,013 | 20.6 | 19.0-22.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 520 | 285 | 50.7 | 44.0-57.4 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.3 | 226 | 47.0 | 40.3-53.8 |
| 25-34 | 1,131 | 726 | 57.6 | 53.0-62.1 | 41 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.8 | 364 | 38.4 | 34.0-42.9 |
| 35-44 | 1,261 | 966 | 75.0 | 71.3-78.4 | 67 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.4 | 228 | 18.2 | 15.3-21.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,112 | 953 | 82.6 | 78.4-86.0 | 33 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 | 126 | 13.5 | 10.3-17.3 |
| 55-64 | 816 | 753 | 91.6 | 88.4-94.0 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.6 | 47 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.7 |
| 65+ | 1,146 | 1,059 | 91.0 | 87.9-93.3 | 24 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 63 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 792 | 624 | 73.3 | 67.7-78.2 | 17 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 151 | 24.9 | 20.0-30.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,816 | 1,379 | 71.3 | 67.9-74.5 | 57 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 380 | 25.0 | 21.9-28.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,550 | 1,217 | 74.8 | 71.2-78.1 | 43 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.0 | 290 | 21.9 | 18.8-25.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,859 | 1,549 | 80.5 | 77.2-83.4 | 75 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.5 | 235 | 14.2 | 11.7-17.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 566 | 424 | 69.1 | 62.5-75.0 | 18 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.1 | 124 | 28.7 | 22.9-35.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 989 | 740 | 70.8 | 65.9-75.3 | 24 | 1.8 | 1.1- 3.1 | 225 | 27.3 | 22.9-32.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 863 | 637 | 71.5 | 66.8-75.9 | 29 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | 197 | 24.5 | 20.5-29.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 953 | 764 | 75.0 | 70.5-79.0 | 33 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.9 | 156 | 20.0 | 16.4-24.2 |
| $50,000+ | 1,570 | 1,343 | 82.6 | 79.1-85.6 | 56 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.7 | 171 | 12.8 | 10.2-16.0 |
| 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 |
| Durham | 391 | 315 | 76.0 | 68.6-82.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 67 | 22.1 | 16.1-29.6 |
| 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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