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	3,366	2,061	54.7	52.0-57.4	318	9.6	8.1-11.3	208	5.6	4.6- 6.8	102	2.8	2.2- 3.7	677	27.2	24.7-30.0
RACE
White	2,500	1,584	57.6	54.4-60.7	253	10.9	9.1-13.1	175	6.9	5.6- 8.6	82	3.1	2.3- 4.2	406	21.4	18.6-24.5
African American	586	362	60.3	54.0-66.3	46	6.5	4.1-10.3	26	2.6	1.6- 4.3	15	2.2	1.1- 4.2	137	28.4	22.8-34.7
Asian	26	12	29.4	12.9-54.1	2	1.7	0.4- 7.9	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	2	11.6	1.8-48.6	9	55.1	28.8-78.9
Native American	81	56	61.0	40.3-78.3	10	13.4	4.5-33.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.8	0.4-17.7	14	22.9	9.6-45.4
Other Minorities	159	40	20.3	12.3-31.5	6	4.5	1.6-11.9	5	1.3	0.4- 3.8	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	106	73.8	62.4-82.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic	164	42	18.3	10.8-29.4	5	4.0	1.3-11.2	2	1.1	0.2- 6.1	0	0.0	. - .	115	76.6	65.4-85.1
-English Speaking	51	24	21.9	10.6-39.9	4	10.8	3.1-31.7	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	0	0.0	. - .	22	62.9	41.7-80.0
-Spanish Speaking	113	18	17.3	8.7-31.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.0	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	0	0.0	. - .	93	80.5	66.4-89.6
Non-Hispanic	3,199	2,018	58.0	55.2-60.7	312	10.1	8.5-11.9	206	6.0	4.9- 7.3	102	3.1	2.4- 4.1	561	22.9	20.4-25.6
AGE
18-24	204	60	27.0	19.4-36.3	14	9.3	4.6-18.1	8	3.5	1.2- 9.4	5	1.8	0.5- 6.3	117	58.3	48.3-67.6
25-34	508	188	34.9	29.1-41.1	48	8.4	5.6-12.3	46	8.2	5.6-12.0	18	3.8	2.2- 6.5	208	44.8	38.3-51.4
35-44	666	305	47.1	41.7-52.6	107	15.7	12.3-19.9	62	7.7	5.5-10.6	27	3.6	2.1- 6.2	165	25.9	21.1-31.4
45-54	675	445	68.0	62.4-73.2	66	7.7	5.4-10.9	44	5.0	3.1- 7.9	25	2.7	1.4- 5.0	95	16.6	12.4-21.9
55-64	573	443	75.7	70.2-80.5	44	8.4	5.5-12.4	30	4.9	3.0- 7.9	14	2.9	1.6- 5.3	42	8.1	5.2-12.4
65-74	452	384	86.3	81.3-90.2	27	8.0	4.8-12.9	9	1.3	0.5- 3.3	10	1.5	0.6- 3.4	22	2.9	1.7- 5.0
75+	268	225	83.2	76.2-88.5	9	3.1	1.2- 7.6	9	4.3	2.0- 8.9	2	0.9	0.2- 3.7	23	8.5	4.8-14.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	576	344	43.9	37.4-50.5	29	5.6	3.3- 9.5	15	2.1	1.2- 3.9	10	1.2	0.6- 2.5	178	47.2	40.3-54.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	993	589	54.4	49.4-59.3	79	7.1	5.3- 9.6	46	3.1	1.9- 4.9	33	3.0	1.9- 4.7	246	32.3	27.5-37.5
Some Post-H.S.	789	474	52.3	46.6-57.9	85	11.2	7.9-15.7	61	7.9	5.4-11.4	24	2.6	1.5- 4.7	145	25.9	20.7-31.9
College Graduate	997	646	63.8	59.3-68.0	124	13.0	10.2-16.5	86	8.2	6.2-10.8	35	3.9	2.3- 6.3	106	11.1	8.4-14.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	279	182	51.6	41.3-61.8	13	6.5	2.2-17.5	15	2.7	1.4- 5.3	7	1.7	0.6- 4.2	62	37.5	27.4-48.7
$15,000- 24,999	589	302	42.1	35.8-48.5	37	5.4	3.3- 8.8	27	4.1	2.0- 8.1	16	2.4	1.2- 4.7	207	46.0	39.5-52.7
$25,000- 34,999	355	201	55.0	46.7-63.0	44	9.3	6.3-13.6	20	5.0	2.5-10.0	20	3.8	2.2- 6.5	70	26.9	19.7-35.5
$35,000- 49,999	519	332	62.2	55.8-68.2	49	8.2	5.6-11.7	32	4.6	2.8- 7.3	16	4.2	2.1- 8.2	90	20.9	15.8-27.1
$50,000-74,999	428	266	55.8	48.5-62.8	48	15.2	10.0-22.5	42	10.0	6.7-14.6	11	3.7	1.7- 7.8	61	15.3	10.6-21.6
$75,000+	497	348	68.5	62.3-74.2	58	10.8	7.7-14.9	42	8.9	6.0-12.9	16	2.7	1.4- 5.4	33	9.1	5.4-14.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	171	113	57.4	48.1-66.2	16	9.0	5.5-14.6	11	7.2	3.7-13.8	3	1.5	0.4- 5.2	28	24.9	16.9-35.0
Guilford	160	94	56.8	47.6-65.5	22	12.8	7.9-20.2	9	5.0	2.6- 9.7	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	29	21.8	14.9-30.8
Mecklenburg	165	99	47.7	38.0-57.6	13	10.4	5.5-18.9	12	5.6	3.1-10.0	5	2.0	0.8- 5.0	36	34.3	24.5-45.5
Orange	160	81	51.7	40.5-62.8	17	8.7	5.1-14.3	11	5.9	3.1-10.9	10	4.8	2.4- 9.3	41	28.9	20.6-38.9
Wake	175	104	56.4	47.3-65.2	20	9.8	6.1-15.5	13	6.7	3.6-12.2	7	3.3	1.4- 7.3	31	23.8	16.2-33.4
Chatham/Lee	147	92	59.0	48.3-68.8	11	5.2	2.6-10.1	12	7.6	4.0-13.8	4	2.2	0.8- 6.3	28	26.0	17.4-36.9
Nash/Wilson	137	86	57.6	47.7-67.0	11	7.3	3.8-13.4	7	4.9	2.3-10.4	5	6.1	2.4-14.5	28	24.1	16.4-33.8
Craven/Pamlico	164	112	62.0	52.2-70.9	16	8.7	5.2-14.3	6	3.0	1.2- 7.1	3	2.3	0.7- 6.9	27	24.0	15.9-34.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	160	96	58.2	48.4-67.3	18	10.0	6.1-16.1	11	6.4	3.4-11.8	3	1.5	0.4- 4.9	32	23.9	16.5-33.3
Appalachian/Wilkes	165	104	52.7	42.1-63.2	15	9.7	5.4-16.7	13	6.3	3.4-11.3	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	32	30.8	20.3-43.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance	173	112	53.4	38.2-67.9	9	5.1	2.4-10.6	9	3.6	1.7- 7.5	8	3.9	1.8- 8.6	35	34.0	19.1-52.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	155	88	41.4	26.1-58.6	19	9.0	4.9-15.9	11	4.2	2.1- 8.4	4	1.4	0.5- 4.0	33	44.0	24.7-65.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	172	113	60.8	51.7-69.2	18	10.9	6.5-17.6	13	9.7	4.9-18.1	2	0.5	0.1- 2.1	26	18.1	12.1-26.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	126	72	52.1	40.8-63.3	12	9.6	5.1-17.3	5	2.8	1.1- 7.0	4	2.6	0.9- 7.1	33	32.8	22.9-44.6
Northeast NC I	139	86	55.2	42.1-67.6	9	5.4	2.6-10.7	7	4.2	1.9- 9.2	6	4.9	1.9-12.3	31	30.2	17.9-46.2
Northeast NC II	180	113	54.7	45.7-63.5	14	8.6	4.6-15.3	12	5.5	3.1- 9.7	4	1.8	0.7- 5.0	37	29.3	21.1-39.1
Northeastern Partnership	319	199	54.9	47.5-62.1	23	7.6	4.6-12.2	19	5.1	3.2- 8.1	10	2.8	1.4- 5.6	68	29.6	22.5-37.9
Mountain AHEC	469	290	52.8	45.1-60.5	44	7.5	5.0-11.3	31	7.3	4.4-11.9	12	2.7	1.3- 5.7	92	29.5	21.7-38.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,134	715	55.3	50.3-60.3	101	9.6	6.9-13.1	60	5.3	3.7- 7.7	30	2.3	1.4- 3.6	228	27.4	22.8-32.7
Piedmont	1,481	884	55.0	51.2-58.7	144	10.0	8.0-12.3	96	5.6	4.2- 7.4	56	3.2	2.2- 4.7	301	26.3	22.8-30.0
Western NC	751	462	52.7	46.5-58.7	73	8.1	5.8-11.1	52	6.1	4.1- 8.9	16	2.4	1.2- 4.8	148	30.8	24.6-37.8

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

5 or more years

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,366

2,061

54.7

52.0-57.4

318

9.6

8.1-11.3

208

5.6

4.6- 6.8

102

2.8

2.2- 3.7

677

27.2

24.7-30.0

RACE

White

2,500

1,584

57.6

54.4-60.7

253

10.9

9.1-13.1

175

6.9

5.6- 8.6

3.1

2.3- 4.2

406

21.4

18.6-24.5

African American

586

362

60.3

54.0-66.3

6.5

4.1-10.3

2.6

1.6- 4.3

2.2

1.1- 4.2

137

28.4

22.8-34.7

Asian

29.4

12.9-54.1

1.7

0.4- 7.9

2.1

0.3-13.9

11.6

1.8-48.6

55.1

28.8-78.9

Native American

61.0

40.3-78.3

13.4

4.5-33.4

0.0

. - .

2.8

0.4-17.7

22.9

9.6-45.4

Other Minorities

159

20.3

12.3-31.5

4.5

1.6-11.9

1.3

0.4- 3.8

0.2

0.0- 0.7

106

73.8

62.4-82.7

HISPANIC

Hispanic

164

18.3

10.8-29.4

4.0

1.3-11.2

1.1

0.2- 6.1

0.0

. - .

115

76.6

65.4-85.1

-English Speaking

21.9

10.6-39.9

10.8

3.1-31.7

4.4

0.6-25.8

0.0

. - .

62.9

41.7-80.0

-Spanish Speaking

113

17.3

8.7-31.3

2.0

0.3-13.0

0.2

0.0- 1.3

0.0

. - .

80.5

66.4-89.6

Non-Hispanic

3,199

2,018

58.0

55.2-60.7

312

10.1

8.5-11.9

206

6.0

4.9- 7.3

102

3.1

2.4- 4.1

561

22.9

20.4-25.6

AGE

18-24

204

27.0

19.4-36.3

9.3

4.6-18.1

3.5

1.2- 9.4

1.8

0.5- 6.3

117

58.3

48.3-67.6

25-34

508

188

34.9

29.1-41.1

8.4

5.6-12.3

8.2

5.6-12.0

3.8

2.2- 6.5

208

44.8

38.3-51.4

35-44

666

305

47.1

41.7-52.6

107

15.7

12.3-19.9

7.7

5.5-10.6

3.6

2.1- 6.2

165

25.9

21.1-31.4

45-54

675

445

68.0

62.4-73.2

7.7

5.4-10.9

5.0

3.1- 7.9

2.7

1.4- 5.0

16.6

12.4-21.9

55-64

573

443

75.7

70.2-80.5

8.4

5.5-12.4

4.9

3.0- 7.9

2.9

1.6- 5.3

8.1

5.2-12.4

65-74

452

384

86.3

81.3-90.2

8.0

4.8-12.9

1.3

0.5- 3.3

1.5

0.6- 3.4

2.9

1.7- 5.0

75+

268

225

83.2

76.2-88.5

3.1

1.2- 7.6

4.3

2.0- 8.9

0.9

0.2- 3.7

8.5

4.8-14.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

576

344

43.9

37.4-50.5

5.6

3.3- 9.5

2.1

1.2- 3.9

1.2

0.6- 2.5

178

47.2

40.3-54.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

993

589

54.4

49.4-59.3

7.1

5.3- 9.6

3.1

1.9- 4.9

3.0

1.9- 4.7

246

32.3

27.5-37.5

Some Post-H.S.

789

474

52.3

46.6-57.9

11.2

7.9-15.7

7.9

5.4-11.4

2.6

1.5- 4.7

145

25.9

20.7-31.9

College Graduate

997

646

63.8

59.3-68.0

124

13.0

10.2-16.5

8.2

6.2-10.8

3.9

2.3- 6.3

106

11.1

8.4-14.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

279

182

51.6

41.3-61.8

6.5

2.2-17.5

2.7

1.4- 5.3

1.7

0.6- 4.2

37.5

27.4-48.7

$15,000- 24,999

589

302

42.1

35.8-48.5

5.4

3.3- 8.8

4.1

2.0- 8.1

2.4

1.2- 4.7

207

46.0

39.5-52.7

$25,000- 34,999

355

201

55.0

46.7-63.0

9.3

6.3-13.6

5.0

2.5-10.0

3.8

2.2- 6.5

26.9

19.7-35.5

$35,000- 49,999

519

332

62.2

55.8-68.2

8.2

5.6-11.7

4.6

2.8- 7.3

4.2

2.1- 8.2

20.9

15.8-27.1

$50,000-74,999

428

266

55.8

48.5-62.8

15.2

10.0-22.5

10.0

6.7-14.6

3.7

1.7- 7.8

15.3

10.6-21.6

$75,000+

497

348

68.5

62.3-74.2

10.8

7.7-14.9

8.9

6.0-12.9

2.7

1.4- 5.4

9.1

5.4-14.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

171

113

57.4

48.1-66.2

9.0

5.5-14.6

7.2

3.7-13.8

1.5

0.4- 5.2

24.9

16.9-35.0

Guilford

160

56.8

47.6-65.5

12.8

7.9-20.2

5.0

2.6- 9.7

3.5

1.5- 8.0

21.8

14.9-30.8

Mecklenburg

165

47.7

38.0-57.6

10.4

5.5-18.9

5.6

3.1-10.0

2.0

0.8- 5.0

34.3

24.5-45.5

Orange

160

51.7

40.5-62.8

8.7

5.1-14.3

5.9

3.1-10.9

4.8

2.4- 9.3

28.9

20.6-38.9

Wake

175

104

56.4

47.3-65.2

9.8

6.1-15.5

6.7

3.6-12.2

3.3

1.4- 7.3

23.8

16.2-33.4

Chatham/Lee

147

59.0

48.3-68.8

5.2

2.6-10.1

7.6

4.0-13.8

2.2

0.8- 6.3

26.0

17.4-36.9

Nash/Wilson

137

57.6

47.7-67.0

7.3

3.8-13.4

4.9

2.3-10.4

6.1

2.4-14.5

24.1

16.4-33.8

Craven/Pamlico

164

112

62.0

52.2-70.9

8.7

5.2-14.3

3.0

1.2- 7.1

2.3

0.7- 6.9

24.0

15.9-34.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

160

58.2

48.4-67.3

10.0

6.1-16.1

6.4

3.4-11.8

1.5

0.4- 4.9

23.9

16.5-33.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

165

104

52.7

42.1-63.2

9.7

5.4-16.7

6.3

3.4-11.3

0.5

0.1- 3.2

30.8

20.3-43.8

Franklin/Gran./Vance

173

112

53.4

38.2-67.9

5.1

2.4-10.6

3.6

1.7- 7.5

3.9

1.8- 8.6

34.0

19.1-52.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

155

41.4

26.1-58.6

9.0

4.9-15.9

4.2

2.1- 8.4

1.4

0.5- 4.0

44.0

24.7-65.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

172

113

60.8

51.7-69.2

10.9

6.5-17.6

9.7

4.9-18.1

0.5

0.1- 2.1

18.1

12.1-26.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

126

52.1

40.8-63.3

9.6

5.1-17.3

2.8

1.1- 7.0

2.6

0.9- 7.1

32.8

22.9-44.6

Northeast NC I

139

55.2

42.1-67.6

5.4

2.6-10.7

4.2

1.9- 9.2

4.9

1.9-12.3

30.2

17.9-46.2

Northeast NC II

180

113

54.7

45.7-63.5

8.6

4.6-15.3

5.5

3.1- 9.7

1.8

0.7- 5.0

29.3

21.1-39.1

Northeastern Partnership

319

199

54.9

47.5-62.1

7.6

4.6-12.2

5.1

3.2- 8.1

2.8

1.4- 5.6

29.6

22.5-37.9

Mountain AHEC

469

290

52.8

45.1-60.5

7.5

5.0-11.3

7.3

4.4-11.9

2.7

1.3- 5.7

29.5

21.7-38.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,134

715

55.3

50.3-60.3

101

9.6

6.9-13.1

5.3

3.7- 7.7

2.3

1.4- 3.6

228

27.4

22.8-32.7

Piedmont

1,481

884

55.0

51.2-58.7

144

10.0

8.0-12.3

5.6

4.2- 7.4

3.2

2.2- 4.7

301

26.3

22.8-30.0

Western NC

751

462

52.7

46.5-58.7

8.1

5.8-11.1

6.1

4.1- 8.9

2.4

1.2- 4.8

148

30.8

24.6-37.8

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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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