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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 |
| Western NC | 608 | 480 | 77.3 | 73.2-81.0 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.4 | 101 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 227 | 181 | 78.2 | 71.5-83.8 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 | 38 | 18.4 | 13.2-25.0 |
| Female | 381 | 299 | 76.5 | 71.4-81.0 | 19 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.2 | 63 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 570 | 453 | 78.1 | 73.9-81.7 | 26 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.7 | 91 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.4 |
| Other | 35 | 24 | 64.1 | 43.7-80.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.6 | 10 | 33.5 | 17.6-54.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 218 | 149 | 66.5 | 59.1-73.2 | 10 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.3 | 59 | 29.1 | 22.7-36.4 |
| 45+ | 384 | 328 | 84.8 | 80.2-88.6 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.1 | 40 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 333 | 258 | 73.8 | 67.8-79.1 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.4 | 60 | 21.2 | 16.3-27.0 |
| Some College + | 271 | 219 | 81.6 | 76.1-86.1 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.4 | 40 | 15.0 | 10.9-20.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 402 | 307 | 74.7 | 69.6-79.2 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 | 77 | 21.2 | 16.9-26.1 |
| $50,000+ | 104 | 91 | 86.9 | 76.5-93.1 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.2 | 9 | 8.6 | 3.8-18.2 |
| 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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