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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 |
| Onslow County | 422 | 310 | 65.9 | 57.4-73.4 | 17 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.6 | 95 | 28.0 | 21.3-35.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 174 | 128 | 62.6 | 48.7-74.6 | 8 | 8.2 | 2.0-28.5 | 38 | 29.3 | 18.6-42.7 |
| Female | 248 | 182 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.1 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.2 | 57 | 26.5 | 20.6-33.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 325 | 246 | 67.7 | 57.4-76.6 | 10 | 6.6 | 1.8-21.4 | 69 | 25.6 | 18.2-34.8 |
| Other | 85 | 57 | 59.8 | 43.9-73.9 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.0 | 22 | 35.7 | 21.8-52.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 259 | 167 | 54.3 | 44.1-64.2 | 12 | 8.0 | 2.4-23.7 | 80 | 37.7 | 28.4-48.0 |
| 45+ | 160 | 141 | 89.4 | 82.9-93.7 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.4 | 14 | 8.1 | 4.4-14.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 198 | 145 | 67.0 | 57.3-75.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 49 | 32.0 | 23.6-41.9 |
| Some College + | 223 | 164 | 64.7 | 51.0-76.4 | 13 | 11.0 | 3.6-29.1 | 46 | 24.3 | 14.8-37.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 261 | 186 | 62.6 | 51.5-72.6 | 9 | 7.8 | 2.1-24.6 | 66 | 29.6 | 21.0-39.9 |
| $50,000+ | 90 | 73 | 84.5 | 75.3-90.7 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.1 | 12 | 11.7 | 6.4-20.6 |
| 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 |
| 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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