BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (About how long has it been since you last had your blood cholesterol checked?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	5 or more years	Never
TOTAL	5,789	3,827	63.1	61.1-65.0	606	10.6	9.4-11.9	312	5.6	4.8- 6.5	166	2.9	2.3- 3.7	878	17.8	16.2-19.6
RACE
White	4,222	2,802	63.7	61.4-65.9	472	11.6	10.1-13.2	252	6.3	5.3- 7.4	142	3.4	2.6- 4.3	554	15.1	13.4-16.9
African American	1,227	847	68.3	64.0-72.3	110	8.4	6.5-10.9	47	3.6	2.4- 5.2	23	1.7	1.0- 2.9	200	18.0	14.5-22.1
Asian	24	13	46.8	21.0-74.4	3	24.4	7.6-55.8	3	6.0	1.4-21.9	0	0.0	. - .	5	22.8	6.8-54.4
Native American	142	88	63.9	51.2-75.0	11	5.3	2.4-11.1	6	7.0	1.8-24.2	0	0.0	. - .	37	23.7	15.7-34.2
Other Minorities	155	66	36.1	25.5-48.2	8	5.4	2.4-11.5	4	3.0	0.8-10.4	1	2.2	0.3-13.9	76	53.3	41.0-65.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	162	78	35.8	25.1-48.0	8	2.4	1.0- 6.1	6	4.5	1.6-11.7	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	69	57.0	44.6-68.6
-English Speaking	80	56	57.2	38.5-74.0	6	3.5	1.1-10.8	5	8.2	3.0-20.5	1	1.0	0.1- 6.7	12	30.2	14.7-52.0
-Spanish Speaking	82	22	25.7	14.1-42.2	2	2.0	0.5- 7.7	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	57	69.5	53.1-82.2
Non-Hispanic	5,620	3,747	64.5	62.5-66.4	595	10.9	9.7-12.3	306	5.6	4.8- 6.6	165	3.0	2.4- 3.8	807	15.9	14.4-17.6
AGE
18-24	334	124	37.2	29.9-45.2	25	9.8	5.5-16.8	14	2.7	1.1- 6.6	5	1.9	0.6- 5.8	166	48.4	40.3-56.6
25-34	845	352	42.0	37.3-46.9	101	12.0	9.2-15.5	74	9.1	6.7-12.3	40	4.6	2.8- 7.4	278	32.2	27.9-37.0
35-44	1,082	610	56.8	52.3-61.1	150	13.2	10.7-16.1	76	7.1	5.3- 9.4	52	5.1	3.5- 7.3	194	17.9	14.4-22.0
45-54	1,138	787	70.3	66.2-74.0	142	12.6	10.0-15.9	73	7.5	5.5-10.1	35	2.5	1.6- 3.8	101	7.2	5.3- 9.6
55-64	935	734	82.2	78.6-85.3	95	8.7	6.5-11.6	40	4.2	2.7- 6.3	15	0.8	0.4- 1.6	51	4.1	2.7- 6.0
65-74	791	672	85.5	81.2-89.0	50	6.9	4.6-10.2	24	2.7	1.5- 4.8	12	1.1	0.5- 2.7	33	3.8	2.0- 7.0
75+	617	514	83.4	78.5-87.3	36	4.8	2.9- 7.7	10	0.8	0.4- 1.6	7	2.1	0.7- 5.9	50	9.0	6.1-13.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	939	646	63.3	57.8-68.5	61	5.9	4.1- 8.4	22	2.7	1.4- 5.1	25	2.4	1.3- 4.2	185	25.7	20.8-31.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,750	1,164	63.9	60.2-67.4	159	8.6	6.9-10.8	81	4.3	3.2- 5.8	39	2.4	1.4- 4.1	307	20.7	17.7-24.2
Some Post-H.S.	1,499	994	63.8	59.8-67.6	169	11.6	9.1-14.5	86	5.5	4.0- 7.5	35	2.5	1.5- 3.9	215	16.7	13.7-20.2
College Graduate	1,586	1,013	61.7	58.1-65.2	215	14.5	12.1-17.3	123	8.8	7.0-11.1	67	4.2	3.0- 5.9	168	10.8	8.7-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	773	521	64.0	58.4-69.2	51	5.6	3.7- 8.4	33	4.7	2.7- 7.9	22	2.6	1.4- 4.7	146	23.1	18.5-28.5
$15,000- 24,999	1,084	683	62.0	57.3-66.6	95	6.8	5.1- 9.1	54	4.5	2.9- 7.0	29	2.4	1.3- 4.3	223	24.2	20.2-28.7
$25,000- 34,999	651	430	60.1	53.8-66.2	67	9.5	6.7-13.2	38	6.0	3.7- 9.3	21	3.6	1.9- 6.9	95	20.8	15.6-27.2
$35,000- 49,999	707	462	63.3	57.7-68.7	93	12.5	9.4-16.5	38	4.2	2.7- 6.5	28	3.9	2.3- 6.5	86	16.1	11.8-21.4
$50,000-74,999	562	355	62.2	56.4-67.7	73	13.4	9.6-18.3	54	11.0	8.0-15.0	17	3.1	1.6- 5.9	63	10.3	7.4-14.1
$75,000+	645	442	66.2	61.1-71.0	86	13.5	10.3-17.6	47	9.0	6.3-12.7	21	3.1	1.8- 5.1	49	8.1	5.7-11.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	269	182	63.5	56.7-69.9	31	11.8	8.1-16.8	12	6.0	3.2-11.0	8	2.6	1.2- 5.7	36	16.0	11.5-22.0
Guilford	273	185	69.2	62.4-75.2	30	10.5	6.9-15.5	19	6.5	4.0-10.6	7	1.8	0.8- 3.9	32	12.0	8.1-17.6
Mecklenburg	266	187	64.9	58.0-71.2	22	9.3	6.0-14.0	16	6.5	3.8-10.8	6	2.8	1.2- 6.3	35	16.6	11.8-22.8
Orange	270	163	44.9	35.6-54.5	41	19.4	11.4-31.1	16	8.0	3.4-17.8	7	4.6	1.1-17.1	43	23.0	14.6-34.3
Wake	268	174	61.2	53.8-68.0	35	12.1	8.7-16.7	14	4.9	2.7- 8.8	7	2.0	0.9- 4.2	38	19.8	13.8-27.5
Chatham/Lee	242	164	60.6	52.7-67.9	25	9.2	6.0-13.8	12	5.1	2.8- 9.1	3	1.6	0.5- 5.4	38	23.6	16.8-32.1
Nash/Wilson	235	168	67.2	59.9-73.8	18	9.2	5.6-14.6	9	3.5	1.8- 6.8	7	3.6	1.5- 8.3	33	16.5	11.6-23.1
Craven/Pamlico	279	187	63.7	56.8-70.0	25	7.7	5.1-11.7	13	5.2	2.8- 9.5	5	2.4	0.9- 6.3	49	20.9	15.8-27.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	266	177	62.0	54.8-68.8	27	10.6	7.1-15.6	9	3.6	1.7- 7.4	15	5.5	3.2- 9.4	38	18.3	12.9-25.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	276	180	55.4	45.9-64.4	22	8.0	5.0-12.6	22	7.5	4.8-11.6	10	4.3	2.1- 8.7	42	24.9	15.9-36.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	296	187	55.2	47.6-62.6	38	15.1	9.8-22.4	13	5.3	2.6-10.4	6	1.8	0.8- 4.3	52	22.6	16.7-29.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	255	148	53.2	45.9-60.4	35	15.9	10.5-23.5	15	5.5	3.1- 9.6	12	4.6	2.4- 8.6	45	20.8	15.5-27.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	291	178	57.4	50.8-63.9	30	9.4	6.3-13.8	10	3.5	1.8- 6.7	6	1.7	0.8- 3.9	67	28.0	22.1-34.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	280	199	67.3	60.6-73.3	23	8.3	5.4-12.5	13	5.2	3.0- 9.1	9	2.8	1.4- 5.6	36	16.4	11.6-22.8
Northeast NC I	310	205	65.3	58.9-71.1	29	8.3	5.5-12.2	18	5.3	3.2- 8.6	5	1.2	0.5- 3.0	53	20.0	15.2-25.9
Northeast NC II	314	207	63.7	57.4-69.6	30	9.2	6.2-13.4	24	8.5	5.5-13.0	12	3.4	1.8- 6.3	41	15.2	11.0-20.6
Northeastern Partnership	624	412	64.3	59.8-68.6	59	8.8	6.6-11.7	42	7.3	5.1-10.2	17	2.6	1.5- 4.3	94	17.0	13.7-20.9
Mountain AHEC	795	513	65.0	60.5-69.3	91	9.8	7.6-12.6	41	5.9	4.0- 8.6	30	3.5	2.2- 5.6	120	15.7	12.5-19.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,083	1,393	63.3	59.7-66.8	192	8.3	6.8-10.2	112	6.2	4.7- 8.1	56	3.1	2.0- 4.6	330	19.1	16.0-22.6
Piedmont	2,448	1,628	63.7	60.8-66.4	279	11.8	10.1-13.8	129	5.2	4.2- 6.6	62	2.7	1.9- 3.8	350	16.6	14.4-19.0
Western NC	1,258	806	60.4	56.1-64.5	135	10.5	8.1-13.5	71	5.6	4.1- 7.5	48	3.5	2.4- 5.1	198	19.9	16.4-24.1

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

5 or more years

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

5,789

3,827

63.1

61.1-65.0

606

10.6

9.4-11.9

312

5.6

4.8- 6.5

166

2.9

2.3- 3.7

878

17.8

16.2-19.6

RACE

White

4,222

2,802

63.7

61.4-65.9

472

11.6

10.1-13.2

252

6.3

5.3- 7.4

142

3.4

2.6- 4.3

554

15.1

13.4-16.9

African American

1,227

847

68.3

64.0-72.3

110

8.4

6.5-10.9

3.6

2.4- 5.2

1.7

1.0- 2.9

200

18.0

14.5-22.1

Asian

46.8

21.0-74.4

24.4

7.6-55.8

6.0

1.4-21.9

0.0

. - .

22.8

6.8-54.4

Native American

142

63.9

51.2-75.0

5.3

2.4-11.1

7.0

1.8-24.2

0.0

. - .

23.7

15.7-34.2

Other Minorities

155

36.1

25.5-48.2

5.4

2.4-11.5

3.0

0.8-10.4

2.2

0.3-13.9

53.3

41.0-65.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

162

35.8

25.1-48.0

2.4

1.0- 6.1

4.5

1.6-11.7

0.3

0.0- 2.2

57.0

44.6-68.6

-English Speaking

57.2

38.5-74.0

3.5

1.1-10.8

8.2

3.0-20.5

1.0

0.1- 6.7

30.2

14.7-52.0

-Spanish Speaking

25.7

14.1-42.2

2.0

0.5- 7.7

2.7

0.4-17.1

0.0

. - .

69.5

53.1-82.2

Non-Hispanic

5,620

3,747

64.5

62.5-66.4

595

10.9

9.7-12.3

306

5.6

4.8- 6.6

165

3.0

2.4- 3.8

807

15.9

14.4-17.6

AGE

18-24

334

124

37.2

29.9-45.2

9.8

5.5-16.8

2.7

1.1- 6.6

1.9

0.6- 5.8

166

48.4

40.3-56.6

25-34

845

352

42.0

37.3-46.9

101

12.0

9.2-15.5

9.1

6.7-12.3

4.6

2.8- 7.4

278

32.2

27.9-37.0

35-44

1,082

610

56.8

52.3-61.1

150

13.2

10.7-16.1

7.1

5.3- 9.4

5.1

3.5- 7.3

194

17.9

14.4-22.0

45-54

1,138

787

70.3

66.2-74.0

142

12.6

10.0-15.9

7.5

5.5-10.1

2.5

1.6- 3.8

101

7.2

5.3- 9.6

55-64

935

734

82.2

78.6-85.3

8.7

6.5-11.6

4.2

2.7- 6.3

0.8

0.4- 1.6

4.1

2.7- 6.0

65-74

791

672

85.5

81.2-89.0

6.9

4.6-10.2

2.7

1.5- 4.8

1.1

0.5- 2.7

3.8

2.0- 7.0

75+

617

514

83.4

78.5-87.3

4.8

2.9- 7.7

0.8

0.4- 1.6

2.1

0.7- 5.9

9.0

6.1-13.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

939

646

63.3

57.8-68.5

5.9

4.1- 8.4

2.7

1.4- 5.1

2.4

1.3- 4.2

185

25.7

20.8-31.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,750

1,164

63.9

60.2-67.4

159

8.6

6.9-10.8

4.3

3.2- 5.8

2.4

1.4- 4.1

307

20.7

17.7-24.2

Some Post-H.S.

1,499

994

63.8

59.8-67.6

169

11.6

9.1-14.5

5.5

4.0- 7.5

2.5

1.5- 3.9

215

16.7

13.7-20.2

College Graduate

1,586

1,013

61.7

58.1-65.2

215

14.5

12.1-17.3

123

8.8

7.0-11.1

4.2

3.0- 5.9

168

10.8

8.7-13.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

773

521

64.0

58.4-69.2

5.6

3.7- 8.4

4.7

2.7- 7.9

2.6

1.4- 4.7

146

23.1

18.5-28.5

$15,000- 24,999

1,084

683

62.0

57.3-66.6

6.8

5.1- 9.1

4.5

2.9- 7.0

2.4

1.3- 4.3

223

24.2

20.2-28.7

$25,000- 34,999

651

430

60.1

53.8-66.2

9.5

6.7-13.2

6.0

3.7- 9.3

3.6

1.9- 6.9

20.8

15.6-27.2

$35,000- 49,999

707

462

63.3

57.7-68.7

12.5

9.4-16.5

4.2

2.7- 6.5

3.9

2.3- 6.5

16.1

11.8-21.4

$50,000-74,999

562

355

62.2

56.4-67.7

13.4

9.6-18.3

11.0

8.0-15.0

3.1

1.6- 5.9

10.3

7.4-14.1

$75,000+

645

442

66.2

61.1-71.0

13.5

10.3-17.6

9.0

6.3-12.7

3.1

1.8- 5.1

8.1

5.7-11.5

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

269

182

63.5

56.7-69.9

11.8

8.1-16.8

6.0

3.2-11.0

2.6

1.2- 5.7

16.0

11.5-22.0

Guilford

273

185

69.2

62.4-75.2

10.5

6.9-15.5

6.5

4.0-10.6

1.8

0.8- 3.9

12.0

8.1-17.6

Mecklenburg

266

187

64.9

58.0-71.2

9.3

6.0-14.0

6.5

3.8-10.8

2.8

1.2- 6.3

16.6

11.8-22.8

Orange

270

163

44.9

35.6-54.5

19.4

11.4-31.1

8.0

3.4-17.8

4.6

1.1-17.1

23.0

14.6-34.3

Wake

268

174

61.2

53.8-68.0

12.1

8.7-16.7

4.9

2.7- 8.8

2.0

0.9- 4.2

19.8

13.8-27.5

Chatham/Lee

242

164

60.6

52.7-67.9

9.2

6.0-13.8

5.1

2.8- 9.1

1.6

0.5- 5.4

23.6

16.8-32.1

Nash/Wilson

235

168

67.2

59.9-73.8

9.2

5.6-14.6

3.5

1.8- 6.8

3.6

1.5- 8.3

16.5

11.6-23.1

Craven/Pamlico

279

187

63.7

56.8-70.0

7.7

5.1-11.7

5.2

2.8- 9.5

2.4

0.9- 6.3

20.9

15.8-27.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

266

177

62.0

54.8-68.8

10.6

7.1-15.6

3.6

1.7- 7.4

5.5

3.2- 9.4

18.3

12.9-25.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

276

180

55.4

45.9-64.4

8.0

5.0-12.6

7.5

4.8-11.6

4.3

2.1- 8.7

24.9

15.9-36.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

296

187

55.2

47.6-62.6

15.1

9.8-22.4

5.3

2.6-10.4

1.8

0.8- 4.3

22.6

16.7-29.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

255

148

53.2

45.9-60.4

15.9

10.5-23.5

5.5

3.1- 9.6

4.6

2.4- 8.6

20.8

15.5-27.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

291

178

57.4

50.8-63.9

9.4

6.3-13.8

3.5

1.8- 6.7

1.7

0.8- 3.9

28.0

22.1-34.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

280

199

67.3

60.6-73.3

8.3

5.4-12.5

5.2

3.0- 9.1

2.8

1.4- 5.6

16.4

11.6-22.8

Northeast NC I

310

205

65.3

58.9-71.1

8.3

5.5-12.2

5.3

3.2- 8.6

1.2

0.5- 3.0

20.0

15.2-25.9

Northeast NC II

314

207

63.7

57.4-69.6

9.2

6.2-13.4

8.5

5.5-13.0

3.4

1.8- 6.3

15.2

11.0-20.6

Northeastern Partnership

624

412

64.3

59.8-68.6

8.8

6.6-11.7

7.3

5.1-10.2

2.6

1.5- 4.3

17.0

13.7-20.9

Mountain AHEC

795

513

65.0

60.5-69.3

9.8

7.6-12.6

5.9

4.0- 8.6

3.5

2.2- 5.6

120

15.7

12.5-19.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,083

1,393

63.3

59.7-66.8

192

8.3

6.8-10.2

112

6.2

4.7- 8.1

3.1

2.0- 4.6

330

19.1

16.0-22.6

Piedmont

2,448

1,628

63.7

60.8-66.4

279

11.8

10.1-13.8

129

5.2

4.2- 6.6

2.7

1.9- 3.8

350

16.6

14.4-19.0

Western NC

1,258

806

60.4

56.1-64.5

135

10.5

8.1-13.5

5.6

4.1- 7.5

3.5

2.4- 5.1

198

19.9

16.4-24.1

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^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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