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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,227 | 1,004 | 80.3 | 76.2-83.8 | 23 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 200 | 18.0 | 14.5-22.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
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 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,227 | 1,004 | 80.3 | 76.2-83.8 | 23 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 200 | 18.0 | 14.5-22.1 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 13 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 13 | 13 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 1,214 | 991 | 80.1 | 76.0-83.7 | 23 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.0 | 200 | 18.1 | 14.6-22.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 90 | 46 | 45.4 | 30.5-61.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 | 43 | 53.4 | 37.6-68.5 |
25-34 | 191 | 133 | 79.2 | 71.5-85.3 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.7- 9.3 | 54 | 18.1 | 12.7-25.1 |
35-44 | 259 | 198 | 77.5 | 69.7-83.8 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.5 | 51 | 19.3 | 13.3-27.0 |
45-54 | 253 | 228 | 93.7 | 89.4-96.3 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 21 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.7 |
55-64 | 181 | 167 | 94.3 | 89.5-97.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.8 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 |
65-74 | 144 | 137 | 96.0 | 89.0-98.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.3 | 6 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.4 |
75+ | 97 | 85 | 85.6 | 71.2-93.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 | 11 | 13.6 | 5.9-28.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 279 | 227 | 78.4 | 69.9-85.1 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.6- 4.9 | 47 | 19.8 | 13.3-28.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 411 | 329 | 77.0 | 68.7-83.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 | 78 | 22.2 | 15.6-30.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 301 | 241 | 78.7 | 69.7-85.5 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.1 | 52 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.6 |
College Graduate | 233 | 204 | 89.8 | 84.2-93.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.9 | 23 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 262 | 211 | 79.7 | 72.3-85.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.6 | 47 | 18.3 | 12.9-25.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 275 | 213 | 77.4 | 68.5-84.4 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.5 | 56 | 20.6 | 14.0-29.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 138 | 86.8 | 77.7-92.5 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.6 | 19 | 10.6 | 5.4-19.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 112 | 98 | 85.7 | 72.6-93.1 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.1 | 12 | 13.0 | 5.9-26.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 54 | 92.0 | 82.3-96.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.1 | 8 | 6.8 | 2.7-16.5 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 48 | 89.0 | 72.2-96.2 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-15.6 | 3 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 14 | 78.8 | 42.5-94.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 21.2 | 5.1-57.5 |
Guilford | 69 | 54 | 79.5 | 66.9-88.1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.1 | 12 | 17.6 | 9.6-30.1 |
Mecklenburg | 77 | 68 | 83.9 | 71.2-91.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 16.1 | 8.4-28.8 |
Orange | 30 | 23 | 76.2 | 57.0-88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 23.8 | 11.5-43.0 |
Wake | 54 | 45 | 82.1 | 66.1-91.5 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.0 | 6 | 14.0 | 5.7-30.8 |
Chatham/Lee | 51 | 41 | 77.8 | 61.0-88.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 22.2 | 11.2-39.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 81 | 68 | 81.8 | 69.6-89.9 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.2-18.7 | 11 | 13.2 | 7.0-23.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 57 | 44 | 78.2 | 63.1-88.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 21.8 | 11.8-36.9 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 8 | 4 | 74.2 | 33.0-94.4 | 1 | 6.6 | 0.7-40.9 | 3 | 19.2 | 3.8-58.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 5 | 71.2 | 22.3-95.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 28.8 | 4.5-77.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 82 | 77.5 | 66.6-85.6 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.2 | 19 | 20.3 | 12.6-31.1 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 8 | 5 | 51.9 | 20.0-82.3 | 1 | 12.7 | 1.7-54.6 | 2 | 35.3 | 9.8-73.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 92 | 79 | 83.0 | 70.0-91.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 17.0 | 8.9-30.0 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 98 | 83 | 82.7 | 72.5-89.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 | 13 | 15.7 | 9.0-25.8 |
Northeast NC I | 167 | 133 | 76.6 | 67.9-83.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.2 | 31 | 22.0 | 15.2-30.7 |
Northeast NC II | 96 | 74 | 75.6 | 64.5-84.1 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.8 | 19 | 21.6 | 13.6-32.5 |
Northeastern Partnership | 263 | 207 | 76.2 | 69.4-81.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.8 | 50 | 21.8 | 16.3-28.5 |
Mountain AHEC | 31 | 26 | 84.1 | 59.9-95.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.1 | 4 | 14.9 | 4.4-39.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 651 | 536 | 79.1 | 72.3-84.7 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.9 | 104 | 18.7 | 13.3-25.6 |
Piedmont | 532 | 433 | 81.7 | 76.4-86.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 89 | 16.9 | 12.7-22.1 |
Western NC | 44 | 35 | 64.0 | 31.1-87.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.1 | 7 | 34.2 | 11.0-68.5 |
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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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