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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake County

Cholesterol Awareness

Blood cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the blood. Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,107 5,046 79.0 77.3-80.7 1,061 21.0 19.3-22.7
Wake County 422 355 80.4 74.9-84.9 67 19.6 15.1-25.1
GENDER
Male 177 140 75.3 66.5-82.5 37 24.7 17.5-33.5
Female 245 215 86.1 80.1-90.5 30 13.9 9.5-19.9
RACE
White 319 276 83.7 78.1-88.2 43 16.3 11.8-21.9
Other 98 77 72.9 59.4-83.1 21 27.1 16.9-40.6
AGE
18-44 256 194 71.8 64.3-78.3 62 28.2 21.7-35.7
45+ 162 157 96.7 92.2-98.7 5 3.3 1.3- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 85 69.1 56.7-79.3 27 30.9 20.7-43.3
Some College + 306 268 85.5 79.9-89.8 38 14.5 10.2-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 130 65.4 55.2-74.4 43 34.6 25.6-44.8
$50,000+ 166 155 93.7 88.7-96.5 11 6.3 3.5-11.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 419 353 81.3 76.0-85.6 66 18.7 14.4-24.0
Cumberland 423 333 70.2 59.7-78.9 90 29.8 21.1-40.3
Durham 394 327 78.1 70.6-84.0 67 21.9 16.0-29.4
Forsyth 449 391 86.5 82.3-89.9 58 13.5 10.1-17.7
Gaston 464 397 83.0 78.4-86.8 67 17.0 13.2-21.6
Guilford 406 342 84.5 80.3-88.0 64 15.5 12.0-19.7
Mecklenburg 424 355 80.8 75.6-85.2 69 19.2 14.8-24.4
New Hanover 402 340 79.2 70.4-85.9 62 20.8 14.1-29.6
Onslow 428 333 72.5 64.7-79.1 95 27.5 20.9-35.3
Western NC 610 509 81.7 77.8-85.0 101 18.3 15.0-22.2
Piedmont NC 658 533 79.3 75.0-83.1 125 20.7 16.9-25.0
Eastern NC 608 478 75.6 71.0-79.7 130 24.4 20.3-29.0

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#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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