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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,222 | 3,526 | 81.6 | 79.6-83.4 | 142 | 3.4 | 2.6- 4.3 | 554 | 15.1 | 13.4-16.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 207 | 108 | 56.3 | 46.0-66.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.2 | 96 | 42.7 | 33.0-53.0 |
| 25-34 | 565 | 350 | 61.6 | 55.8-67.2 | 36 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | 179 | 32.2 | 27.0-38.0 |
| 35-44 | 753 | 598 | 79.2 | 74.6-83.1 | 42 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.2 | 113 | 14.6 | 11.2-18.7 |
| 45-54 | 827 | 730 | 91.0 | 88.4-93.1 | 31 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 | 66 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.2 |
| 55-64 | 717 | 671 | 95.5 | 93.1-97.1 | 13 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.0 |
| 65-74 | 621 | 584 | 94.8 | 90.8-97.1 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 | 26 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.0 |
| 75+ | 502 | 458 | 89.5 | 84.4-93.0 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.8- 7.0 | 38 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 548 | 449 | 81.8 | 76.3-86.2 | 20 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.5 | 79 | 14.8 | 10.7-19.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,254 | 1,019 | 77.6 | 73.5-81.2 | 35 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.4 | 200 | 19.3 | 15.9-23.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,127 | 956 | 81.7 | 77.6-85.3 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.3 | 144 | 15.7 | 12.4-19.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,286 | 1,096 | 84.8 | 81.6-87.5 | 60 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 | 130 | 10.8 | 8.4-13.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 440 | 352 | 79.9 | 73.8-84.9 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 | 70 | 16.6 | 12.0-22.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 719 | 572 | 75.0 | 69.5-79.8 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 124 | 22.0 | 17.4-27.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 460 | 379 | 75.2 | 67.6-81.5 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.3 | 64 | 20.4 | 14.6-27.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 567 | 473 | 78.6 | 72.2-83.8 | 26 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.8 | 68 | 16.8 | 12.0-23.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 476 | 407 | 86.2 | 81.6-89.8 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.7 | 54 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.5 |
| $75,000+ | 572 | 510 | 88.5 | 84.5-91.5 | 19 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 | 43 | 8.4 | 5.8-12.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 239 | 203 | 84.3 | 78.3-88.8 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.5 | 28 | 12.8 | 8.7-18.4 |
| Guilford | 197 | 177 | 89.6 | 82.8-93.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.0 | 16 | 9.0 | 4.9-15.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 174 | 145 | 81.4 | 73.8-87.1 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.9 | 23 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.2 |
| Orange | 226 | 189 | 73.4 | 59.6-83.8 | 7 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.5 | 30 | 21.2 | 12.0-34.5 |
| Wake | 191 | 163 | 83.7 | 76.5-89.0 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7- 5.0 | 24 | 14.5 | 9.4-21.6 |
| Chatham/Lee | 171 | 148 | 81.7 | 72.3-88.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.3 | 20 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 146 | 122 | 80.5 | 71.5-87.2 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.3 | 19 | 16.5 | 10.3-25.5 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 214 | 176 | 77.2 | 69.8-83.3 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.4 | 33 | 19.5 | 13.9-26.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 249 | 205 | 77.7 | 70.3-83.6 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.9 | 30 | 16.6 | 11.2-23.9 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 263 | 215 | 71.3 | 59.6-80.7 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.0 | 38 | 24.3 | 15.1-36.6 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 182 | 152 | 80.4 | 72.0-86.8 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.5 | 26 | 17.7 | 11.6-26.1 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 223 | 176 | 76.0 | 68.6-82.0 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 36 | 19.2 | 13.7-26.2 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 117 | 84 | 69.9 | 60.0-78.3 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.1 | 27 | 26.0 | 18.0-35.8 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 168 | 143 | 83.1 | 74.9-89.0 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.2 | 18 | 13.2 | 7.8-21.2 |
| Northeast NC I | 135 | 113 | 80.9 | 72.0-87.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 | 20 | 17.9 | 11.5-26.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 211 | 183 | 84.8 | 77.9-89.8 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.7 | 19 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.2 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 346 | 296 | 83.7 | 78.3-87.9 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.9 | 39 | 13.3 | 9.4-18.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 720 | 590 | 81.6 | 77.4-85.2 | 29 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.9 | 101 | 14.6 | 11.3-18.6 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,281 | 1,062 | 80.3 | 76.2-83.9 | 44 | 3.2 | 2.1- 5.0 | 175 | 16.4 | 13.1-20.5 |
| Piedmont | 1,784 | 1,523 | 83.4 | 80.7-85.8 | 52 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.8 | 209 | 13.3 | 11.1-15.8 |
| Western NC | 1,157 | 941 | 77.7 | 73.5-81.4 | 46 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 170 | 18.6 | 15.0-22.8 |
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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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