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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,155 | 7,332 | 74.7 | 73.1-76.3 | 268 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.4 | 1,555 | 22.4 | 20.8-24.0 |
| -Wake County | 443 | 359 | 75.3 | 69.5-80.3 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 | 76 | 22.3 | 17.5-28.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 164 | 134 | 73.7 | 63.3-82.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 6.9 | 27 | 24.0 | 15.9-34.6 |
| Female | 279 | 225 | 76.7 | 70.2-82.1 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.3 | 49 | 20.9 | 15.8-27.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 341 | 278 | 74.8 | 68.0-80.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.4 | 55 | 22.2 | 16.6-28.9 |
| Other | 100 | 80 | 77.9 | 65.7-86.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 20 | 22.1 | 13.3-34.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 154 | 96 | 55.1 | 45.1-64.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.4 | 54 | 42.4 | 32.9-52.6 |
| 45+ | 286 | 262 | 89.9 | 84.6-93.5 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.0 | 20 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 194 | 144 | 65.6 | 56.3-73.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.0 | 45 | 31.6 | 23.5-41.0 |
| Some College + | 248 | 215 | 84.6 | 78.0-89.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.3 | 30 | 13.4 | 8.9-19.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 240 | 196 | 77.1 | 69.4-83.3 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.7 | 37 | 19.4 | 13.6-26.9 |
| $50,000+ | 106 | 96 | 90.2 | 81.5-95.1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.1 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.8-15.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 440 | 365 | 77.5 | 71.7-82.4 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 | 64 | 20.5 | 15.6-26.3 |
| Guilford | 433 | 359 | 80.7 | 75.5-85.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 61 | 16.7 | 12.6-21.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 431 | 349 | 71.9 | 65.1-77.8 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 71 | 25.7 | 19.8-32.7 |
| Orange | 430 | 329 | 69.7 | 62.0-76.4 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.5 | 84 | 25.6 | 19.4-32.9 |
| Wake | 443 | 360 | 75.7 | 69.7-80.8 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 | 69 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.7 |
| Chatham/Lee | 389 | 316 | 73.3 | 66.6-79.1 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.2 | 66 | 24.8 | 19.1-31.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 372 | 299 | 74.9 | 68.8-80.1 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.1 | 61 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 426 | 338 | 75.5 | 69.8-80.3 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.0 | 70 | 20.9 | 16.2-26.4 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 441 | 356 | 69.9 | 61.6-77.1 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 74 | 27.6 | 20.4-36.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 469 | 368 | 68.7 | 58.2-77.6 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 | 87 | 28.4 | 19.5-39.3 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 410 | 316 | 63.5 | 49.1-75.8 | 16 | 2.8 | 1.6- 5.0 | 78 | 33.7 | 21.2-48.9 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 463 | 362 | 75.5 | 70.4-80.0 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 93 | 23.3 | 18.9-28.4 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 406 | 324 | 73.5 | 67.1-79.0 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.9 | 69 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.2 |
| Northeast NC I | 449 | 354 | 73.0 | 65.3-79.5 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.8 | 84 | 24.3 | 17.9-32.1 |
| Northeast NC II | 494 | 400 | 75.3 | 69.6-80.2 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 78 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.8 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 943 | 754 | 74.4 | 70.0-78.5 | 27 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.1 | 162 | 22.9 | 18.9-27.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,264 | 1,010 | 74.4 | 69.3-78.9 | 42 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.7 | 212 | 22.5 | 18.0-27.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,217 | 2,573 | 74.2 | 71.2-77.1 | 86 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.7 | 558 | 23.1 | 20.3-26.1 |
| Piedmont | 3,929 | 3,160 | 75.8 | 73.5-77.9 | 118 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.8 | 651 | 21.3 | 19.2-23.5 |
| Western NC | 2,009 | 1,599 | 71.8 | 67.7-75.5 | 64 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | 346 | 25.2 | 21.5-29.3 |
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* Data in this table were derived from the cholesterol awareness questions 1 and 2.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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