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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,036 | 336 | 30.9 | 26.9-35.2 | 700 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Female | 1,036 | 336 | 30.9 | 26.9-35.2 | 700 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.1 |
RACE | |||||||
African American | 1,036 | 336 | 30.9 | 26.9-35.2 | 700 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 4 | 42.4 | 11.9-80.1 | 9 | 57.6 | 19.9-88.1 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 4 | 42.4 | 11.9-80.1 | 9 | 57.6 | 19.9-88.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,023 | 332 | 30.8 | 26.8-35.1 | 691 | 69.2 | 64.9-73.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 47 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.4 | 45 | 98.1 | 92.6-99.6 |
25-34 | 140 | 24 | 20.9 | 13.0-31.9 | 116 | 79.1 | 68.1-87.0 |
35-44 | 209 | 53 | 21.6 | 14.7-30.4 | 156 | 78.4 | 69.6-85.3 |
45-54 | 234 | 74 | 32.9 | 24.6-42.4 | 160 | 67.1 | 57.6-75.4 |
55-64 | 171 | 77 | 51.1 | 40.5-61.5 | 94 | 48.9 | 38.5-59.5 |
65-74 | 139 | 63 | 46.7 | 34.7-59.2 | 76 | 53.3 | 40.8-65.3 |
75+ | 86 | 40 | 51.6 | 36.4-66.5 | 46 | 48.4 | 33.5-63.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 234 | 106 | 50.6 | 40.8-60.2 | 128 | 49.4 | 39.8-59.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 339 | 116 | 30.2 | 23.4-37.9 | 223 | 69.8 | 62.1-76.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 249 | 67 | 24.6 | 17.8-33.0 | 182 | 75.4 | 67.0-82.2 |
College Graduate | 211 | 47 | 23.0 | 16.0-31.9 | 164 | 77.0 | 68.1-84.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 218 | 94 | 43.4 | 34.4-52.9 | 124 | 56.6 | 47.1-65.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 222 | 66 | 25.2 | 17.7-34.7 | 156 | 74.8 | 65.3-82.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 39 | 27.2 | 17.8-39.1 | 104 | 72.8 | 60.9-82.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 100 | 26 | 28.4 | 17.5-42.5 | 74 | 71.6 | 57.5-82.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 56 | 15 | 16.3 | 7.8-30.9 | 41 | 83.7 | 69.1-92.2 |
$75,000+ | 50 | 12 | 30.0 | 15.2-50.4 | 38 | 70.0 | 49.6-84.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 14 | 4 | 20.3 | 6.7-47.6 | 10 | 79.7 | 52.4-93.3 |
Guilford | 58 | 14 | 20.7 | 11.2-35.2 | 44 | 79.3 | 64.8-88.8 |
Mecklenburg | 69 | 22 | 29.9 | 19.7-42.6 | 47 | 70.1 | 57.4-80.3 |
Orange | 23 | 4 | 16.5 | 5.9-38.5 | 19 | 83.5 | 61.5-94.1 |
Wake | 48 | 15 | 23.9 | 13.8-38.1 | 33 | 76.1 | 61.9-86.2 |
Chatham/Lee | 41 | 11 | 25.1 | 12.8-43.3 | 30 | 74.9 | 56.7-87.2 |
Nash/Wilson | 69 | 21 | 29.9 | 19.1-43.6 | 48 | 70.1 | 56.4-80.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 44 | 17 | 41.9 | 22.5-64.2 | 27 | 58.1 | 35.8-77.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 6 | 1 | 10.1 | 1.0-55.5 | 5 | 89.9 | 44.5-99.0 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 5 | 1 | 20.5 | 2.8-69.9 | 4 | 79.5 | 30.1-97.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 84 | 26 | 30.1 | 20.1-42.3 | 58 | 69.9 | 57.7-79.9 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 6 | 1 | 15.1 | 2.0-60.5 | 5 | 84.9 | 39.5-98.0 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 80 | 25 | 28.2 | 18.6-40.3 | 55 | 71.8 | 59.7-81.4 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 87 | 39 | 42.8 | 31.6-54.7 | 48 | 57.2 | 45.3-68.4 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 42 | 26.6 | 19.2-35.5 | 96 | 73.4 | 64.5-80.8 |
Northeast NC II | 78 | 24 | 27.8 | 18.2-39.9 | 54 | 72.2 | 60.1-81.8 |
Northeastern Partnership | 216 | 66 | 27.1 | 21.0-34.4 | 150 | 72.9 | 65.6-79.0 |
Mountain AHEC | 27 | 9 | 33.0 | 15.0-57.9 | 18 | 67.0 | 42.1-85.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 552 | 188 | 32.4 | 26.6-38.9 | 364 | 67.6 | 61.1-73.4 |
Piedmont | 446 | 137 | 29.7 | 24.4-35.7 | 309 | 70.3 | 64.3-75.6 |
Western NC | 38 | 11 | 32.8 | 16.4-54.7 | 27 | 67.2 | 45.3-83.6 |
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*This question is asked only if the respondent reported having blood cholesterol checked.
^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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