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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,923 | 1,772 | 34.6 | 32.7-36.7 | 3,151 | 65.4 | 63.3-67.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 3,673 | 1,363 | 35.8 | 33.5-38.1 | 2,310 | 64.2 | 61.9-66.5 |
| African American | 1,036 | 336 | 30.9 | 26.9-35.2 | 700 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.1 |
| Asian | 18 | 6 | 14.6 | 4.9-36.2 | 12 | 85.4 | 63.8-95.1 |
| Native American | 103 | 37 | 44.2 | 28.8-60.9 | 66 | 55.8 | 39.1-71.2 |
| Other Minorities | 80 | 25 | 32.0 | 19.1-48.5 | 55 | 68.0 | 51.5-80.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 94 | 27 | 35.6 | 21.4-52.8 | 67 | 64.4 | 47.2-78.6 |
| -English Speaking | 69 | 19 | 28.4 | 15.9-45.6 | 50 | 71.6 | 54.4-84.1 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 25 | 8 | 43.4 | 19.4-70.9 | 17 | 56.6 | 29.1-80.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,824 | 1,744 | 34.7 | 32.7-36.7 | 3,080 | 65.3 | 63.3-67.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 168 | 18 | 13.8 | 7.2-24.9 | 150 | 86.2 | 75.1-92.8 |
| 25-34 | 570 | 106 | 21.3 | 16.7-26.7 | 464 | 78.7 | 73.3-83.3 |
| 35-44 | 892 | 207 | 23.2 | 19.5-27.5 | 685 | 76.8 | 72.5-80.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,038 | 352 | 33.2 | 29.0-37.6 | 686 | 66.8 | 62.4-71.0 |
| 55-64 | 891 | 423 | 51.8 | 46.9-56.7 | 468 | 48.2 | 43.3-53.1 |
| 65-74 | 757 | 388 | 51.0 | 45.9-56.2 | 369 | 49.0 | 43.8-54.1 |
| 75+ | 565 | 260 | 46.9 | 40.8-53.1 | 305 | 53.1 | 46.9-59.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 764 | 371 | 51.1 | 45.5-56.7 | 393 | 48.9 | 43.3-54.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,444 | 570 | 37.9 | 34.1-41.8 | 874 | 62.1 | 58.2-65.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,279 | 441 | 30.4 | 26.8-34.2 | 838 | 69.6 | 65.8-73.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,423 | 385 | 27.0 | 23.7-30.5 | 1,038 | 73.0 | 69.5-76.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 631 | 297 | 48.3 | 42.3-54.3 | 334 | 51.7 | 45.7-57.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 861 | 333 | 37.3 | 32.3-42.5 | 528 | 62.7 | 57.5-67.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 558 | 178 | 29.6 | 24.0-35.8 | 380 | 70.4 | 64.2-76.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 618 | 208 | 32.8 | 27.4-38.5 | 410 | 67.2 | 61.5-72.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 501 | 155 | 29.9 | 24.7-35.8 | 346 | 70.1 | 64.2-75.3 |
| $75,000+ | 598 | 160 | 27.4 | 22.7-32.6 | 438 | 72.6 | 67.4-77.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 234 | 81 | 31.6 | 25.4-38.6 | 153 | 68.4 | 61.4-74.6 |
| Guilford | 243 | 78 | 29.0 | 23.0-35.8 | 165 | 71.0 | 64.2-77.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 232 | 77 | 31.9 | 25.8-38.7 | 155 | 68.1 | 61.3-74.2 |
| Orange | 226 | 66 | 21.2 | 15.4-28.5 | 160 | 78.8 | 71.5-84.6 |
| Wake | 231 | 61 | 23.2 | 17.7-29.7 | 170 | 76.8 | 70.3-82.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 203 | 75 | 36.5 | 29.6-44.1 | 128 | 63.5 | 55.9-70.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 200 | 69 | 34.5 | 27.6-42.2 | 131 | 65.5 | 57.8-72.4 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 230 | 87 | 37.0 | 29.7-44.9 | 143 | 63.0 | 55.1-70.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 230 | 90 | 35.2 | 28.8-42.3 | 140 | 64.8 | 57.7-71.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 236 | 105 | 43.7 | 35.8-51.8 | 131 | 56.3 | 48.2-64.2 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 244 | 85 | 32.7 | 25.6-40.7 | 159 | 67.3 | 59.3-74.4 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 208 | 68 | 29.4 | 23.0-36.7 | 140 | 70.6 | 63.3-77.0 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 225 | 76 | 32.4 | 26.0-39.5 | 149 | 67.6 | 60.5-74.0 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 244 | 101 | 39.5 | 32.9-46.6 | 143 | 60.5 | 53.4-67.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 259 | 95 | 34.8 | 28.6-41.7 | 164 | 65.2 | 58.3-71.4 |
| Northeast NC II | 277 | 96 | 30.0 | 24.5-36.1 | 181 | 70.0 | 63.9-75.5 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 536 | 191 | 31.8 | 27.5-36.3 | 345 | 68.2 | 63.7-72.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 675 | 233 | 33.4 | 28.9-38.3 | 442 | 66.6 | 61.7-71.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,757 | 646 | 35.3 | 31.9-39.0 | 1,111 | 64.7 | 61.0-68.1 |
| Piedmont | 2,101 | 723 | 33.9 | 31.1-36.8 | 1,378 | 66.1 | 63.2-68.9 |
| Western NC | 1,065 | 403 | 36.1 | 32.2-40.3 | 662 | 63.9 | 59.7-67.8 |
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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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