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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Onslow County

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,049 3,883 61.1 59.1-63.0 610 9.7 8.6-10.8 303 4.3 3.7- 5.0 192 3.7 3.0- 4.6 1,061 21.2 19.5-23.0
Onslow County 422 241 51.2 44.0-58.4 43 8.9 6.2-12.6 26 5.8 3.7- 8.9 17 6.1 2.1-16.6 95 28.0 21.3-35.8
GENDER
Male 174 102 49.0 37.7-60.4 16 7.6 4.3-13.1 10 5.9 3.0-11.4 8 8.2 2.0-28.5 38 29.3 18.6-42.7
Female 248 139 53.9 46.8-60.8 27 10.4 6.5-16.3 16 5.6 3.4- 9.2 9 3.6 1.8- 7.2 57 26.5 20.6-33.4
RACE
White 325 186 50.9 42.5-59.2 38 10.3 6.9-15.1 22 6.5 4.1-10.3 10 6.6 1.8-21.4 69 25.6 18.2-34.8
Other 85 49 51.9 37.5-66.0 5 4.7 1.7-12.2 3 3.3 0.7-13.8 6 4.5 1.7-11.0 22 35.7 21.8-52.6
AGE
18-44 259 121 40.0 31.8-48.8 33 9.9 6.5-14.9 13 4.4 2.4- 8.0 12 8.0 2.4-23.7 80 37.7 28.4-48.0
45+ 160 118 73.8 65.0-81.1 10 6.9 3.2-14.0 13 8.7 4.7-15.7 5 2.5 0.9- 6.4 14 8.1 4.4-14.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 115 53.4 44.4-62.1 18 8.6 5.0-14.5 12 5.0 2.7- 9.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 49 32.0 23.6-41.9
Some College + 223 125 49.1 38.3-59.9 25 9.1 5.5-14.8 14 6.5 3.5-11.8 13 11.0 3.6-29.1 46 24.3 14.8-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 143 47.9 38.8-57.2 28 9.6 6.0-15.0 15 5.1 2.8- 9.1 9 7.8 2.1-24.6 66 29.6 21.0-39.9
$50,000+ 90 55 65.1 53.8-74.9 10 10.9 5.6-20.3 8 8.5 4.1-16.7 5 3.8 1.5- 9.1 12 11.7 6.4-20.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 418 262 60.2 54.6-65.6 53 11.7 8.7-15.5 28 6.9 4.7-10.2 9 2.4 1.1- 5.1 66 18.7 14.4-24.0
Cumberland 419 267 55.7 47.1-64.0 42 9.7 6.9-13.4 14 3.0 1.5- 5.6 6 1.3 0.6- 3.1 90 30.3 21.5-40.8
Durham 391 256 61.7 54.7-68.3 41 10.2 7.2-14.3 18 4.1 2.5- 6.8 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 67 22.1 16.1-29.6
Forsyth 443 325 72.9 67.5-77.7 36 8.4 5.3-13.0 15 3.3 1.9- 5.7 9 1.7 0.9- 3.5 58 13.6 10.2-17.9
Gaston 461 317 67.1 62.0-71.8 48 9.6 7.1-12.9 18 3.9 2.4- 6.4 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3 67 17.1 13.3-21.7
Guilford 402 265 66.5 61.1-71.5 43 10.6 7.6-14.5 19 4.2 2.5- 6.9 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 64 15.6 12.1-19.9
Mecklenburg 420 257 57.4 52.0-62.7 54 13.7 10.1-18.3 28 6.3 4.3- 9.3 12 3.3 1.7- 6.1 69 19.3 14.9-24.6
New Hanover 398 260 59.7 52.3-66.6 42 11.4 8.1-15.9 19 4.7 2.9- 7.6 15 3.2 1.8- 5.5 62 21.0 14.3-29.9
Wake 417 253 56.2 50.5-61.8 49 12.3 9.0-16.6 34 7.8 5.3-11.3 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5 67 20.0 15.4-25.5
Western NC 608 398 63.6 59.1-67.9 51 9.1 6.6-12.5 31 4.6 3.1- 6.8 27 4.3 2.8- 6.4 101 18.4 15.0-22.3
Piedmont NC 652 418 63.2 58.5-67.8 54 8.5 6.3-11.4 28 3.2 2.1- 4.9 27 4.0 2.6- 6.1 125 21.0 17.2-25.4
Eastern NC 598 364 58.7 53.7-63.5 54 8.6 6.3-11.6 25 3.5 2.2- 5.6 25 4.5 2.7- 7.4 130 24.8 20.7-29.5

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*Adults who have never had blood cholesterol checked are included in the denominator.

#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.

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