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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,813 | 1,438 | 75.5 | 71.9-78.8 | 38 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 337 | 22.6 | 19.4-26.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 586 | 434 | 69.4 | 63.1-75.1 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.2 | 137 | 28.4 | 22.8-34.7 |
| Female | 1,227 | 1,004 | 80.3 | 76.2-83.8 | 23 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 200 | 18.0 | 14.5-22.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 140 | 71 | 46.0 | 34.2-58.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.9 | 67 | 52.7 | 40.4-64.7 |
| 25-34 | 275 | 180 | 70.6 | 62.1-77.8 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 | 87 | 26.4 | 19.4-34.7 |
| 35-44 | 366 | 277 | 75.5 | 68.2-81.5 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.1 | 78 | 22.5 | 16.5-29.8 |
| 45-54 | 405 | 345 | 84.8 | 78.4-89.5 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.9 | 51 | 13.6 | 9.1-19.9 |
| 55-64 | 281 | 255 | 92.7 | 87.9-95.7 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.5 |
| 65-74 | 200 | 185 | 93.8 | 88.1-96.9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.1 |
| 75+ | 132 | 113 | 81.7 | 69.8-89.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 18 | 17.8 | 9.9-29.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 424 | 331 | 72.9 | 65.3-79.3 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 | 84 | 25.2 | 18.8-32.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 627 | 479 | 71.5 | 64.7-77.5 | 12 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 136 | 26.8 | 20.9-33.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 428 | 339 | 74.8 | 67.2-81.2 | 9 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 | 80 | 22.9 | 16.8-30.4 |
| College Graduate | 328 | 283 | 86.5 | 80.3-90.9 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.5 | 37 | 11.6 | 7.5-17.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 334 | 269 | 75.6 | 66.5-82.9 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.9 | 59 | 22.1 | 15.0-31.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 420 | 305 | 67.2 | 58.7-74.7 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 | 105 | 30.6 | 23.1-39.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 222 | 179 | 78.4 | 69.3-85.3 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.3 | 35 | 17.8 | 11.4-26.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 197 | 164 | 80.0 | 70.0-87.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.7 | 30 | 17.9 | 11.0-27.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 116 | 98 | 90.9 | 83.4-95.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.4 | 15 | 8.1 | 4.0-15.7 |
| $75,000+ | 94 | 86 | 87.3 | 73.3-94.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.3 | 6 | 11.0 | 4.3-25.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 28 | 23 | 81.0 | 59.2-92.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 19.0 | 7.4-40.8 |
| Guilford | 113 | 85 | 69.7 | 57.6-79.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.0 | 24 | 27.5 | 17.9-39.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 115 | 96 | 78.7 | 68.3-86.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 19 | 21.3 | 13.7-31.7 |
| Orange | 44 | 31 | 67.3 | 49.8-81.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.1 | 12 | 29.8 | 16.6-47.4 |
| Wake | 85 | 66 | 75.1 | 62.3-84.6 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.4 | 14 | 19.4 | 10.9-32.0 |
| Chatham/Lee | 68 | 58 | 86.9 | 74.3-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 13.1 | 6.2-25.7 |
| Nash/Wilson | 125 | 100 | 72.2 | 60.8-81.4 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.4-18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 13.2-31.6 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 90 | 73 | 81.2 | 69.8-88.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 18.8 | 11.1-30.2 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 15 | 11 | 85.2 | 60.7-95.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-24.3 | 3 | 11.0 | 2.9-34.1 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 9 | 7 | 65.2 | 27.5-90.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 34.8 | 9.7-72.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 163 | 125 | 60.0 | 38.6-78.2 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.4-10.2 | 33 | 36.1 | 17.9-59.4 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 5 | 46.8 | 18.6-77.3 | 1 | 11.5 | 1.6-51.2 | 3 | 41.7 | 14.7-74.8 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 141 | 118 | 80.7 | 70.9-87.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 23 | 19.3 | 12.3-29.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 125 | 103 | 79.4 | 68.6-87.2 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.2 | 20 | 19.5 | 11.9-30.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 232 | 178 | 74.0 | 66.7-80.2 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.0 | 48 | 23.5 | 17.5-30.7 |
| Northeast NC II | 141 | 107 | 71.4 | 60.3-80.4 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.3 | 30 | 26.7 | 17.8-37.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 373 | 285 | 72.7 | 66.2-78.4 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.3 | 78 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.6 |
| Mountain AHEC | 48 | 39 | 86.1 | 71.2-94.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 8 | 13.4 | 5.6-28.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 952 | 761 | 75.1 | 69.5-79.9 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 | 174 | 23.0 | 18.2-28.6 |
| Piedmont | 791 | 621 | 75.6 | 70.6-80.0 | 19 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 | 151 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.3 |
| Western NC | 70 | 56 | 79.2 | 54.4-92.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.7 | 12 | 20.0 | 7.0-45.2 |
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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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