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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,673 | 1,363 | 35.8 | 33.5-38.1 | 2,310 | 64.2 | 61.9-66.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 111 | 16 | 19.4 | 10.1-34.1 | 95 | 80.6 | 65.9-89.9 |
25-34 | 386 | 73 | 20.0 | 15.0-26.2 | 313 | 80.0 | 73.8-85.0 |
35-44 | 643 | 145 | 24.1 | 19.7-29.2 | 498 | 75.9 | 70.8-80.3 |
45-54 | 760 | 258 | 33.1 | 28.3-38.3 | 502 | 66.9 | 61.7-71.7 |
55-64 | 689 | 330 | 51.4 | 45.8-56.9 | 359 | 48.6 | 43.1-54.2 |
65-74 | 594 | 313 | 51.6 | 45.9-57.3 | 281 | 48.4 | 42.7-54.1 |
75+ | 463 | 214 | 45.8 | 39.1-52.7 | 249 | 54.2 | 47.3-60.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 476 | 244 | 52.6 | 45.6-59.4 | 232 | 47.4 | 40.6-54.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,051 | 437 | 41.3 | 36.8-45.9 | 614 | 58.7 | 54.1-63.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 978 | 356 | 30.9 | 26.8-35.2 | 622 | 69.1 | 64.8-73.2 |
College Graduate | 1,161 | 322 | 28.3 | 24.6-32.2 | 839 | 71.7 | 67.8-75.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 373 | 187 | 50.9 | 43.1-58.6 | 186 | 49.1 | 41.4-56.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 593 | 252 | 42.3 | 36.2-48.6 | 341 | 57.7 | 51.4-63.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 397 | 133 | 29.4 | 23.2-36.5 | 264 | 70.6 | 63.5-76.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 496 | 177 | 33.9 | 27.9-40.4 | 319 | 66.1 | 59.6-72.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 424 | 133 | 32.0 | 26.1-38.5 | 291 | 68.0 | 61.5-73.9 |
$75,000+ | 531 | 143 | 27.5 | 22.5-33.1 | 388 | 72.5 | 66.9-77.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 212 | 72 | 31.2 | 24.7-38.6 | 140 | 68.8 | 61.4-75.3 |
Guilford | 182 | 64 | 32.4 | 25.3-40.5 | 118 | 67.6 | 59.5-74.7 |
Mecklenburg | 152 | 53 | 34.1 | 26.4-42.8 | 99 | 65.9 | 57.2-73.6 |
Orange | 196 | 58 | 20.4 | 14.4-28.3 | 138 | 79.6 | 71.7-85.6 |
Wake | 168 | 42 | 22.5 | 16.5-29.9 | 126 | 77.5 | 70.1-83.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 150 | 63 | 43.3 | 35.0-52.1 | 87 | 56.7 | 47.9-65.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 126 | 46 | 36.8 | 28.1-46.5 | 80 | 63.2 | 53.5-71.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 181 | 67 | 34.8 | 27.8-42.6 | 114 | 65.2 | 57.4-72.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 220 | 86 | 35.3 | 28.8-42.4 | 134 | 64.7 | 57.6-71.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 227 | 103 | 44.3 | 36.3-52.5 | 124 | 55.7 | 47.5-63.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 156 | 57 | 33.7 | 24.5-44.4 | 99 | 66.3 | 55.6-75.5 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 184 | 64 | 31.2 | 24.2-39.1 | 120 | 68.8 | 60.9-75.8 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 90 | 33 | 35.1 | 25.1-46.6 | 57 | 64.9 | 53.4-74.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 150 | 59 | 37.9 | 29.6-47.0 | 91 | 62.1 | 53.0-70.4 |
Northeast NC I | 115 | 51 | 44.8 | 35.2-54.8 | 64 | 55.2 | 45.2-64.8 |
Northeast NC II | 195 | 72 | 31.4 | 24.9-38.8 | 123 | 68.6 | 61.2-75.1 |
Northeastern Partnership | 310 | 123 | 34.9 | 29.3-41.0 | 187 | 65.1 | 59.0-70.7 |
Mountain AHEC | 618 | 215 | 33.3 | 28.6-38.4 | 403 | 66.7 | 61.6-71.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,106 | 419 | 35.9 | 31.6-40.5 | 687 | 64.1 | 59.5-68.4 |
Piedmont | 1,577 | 562 | 35.5 | 32.2-38.9 | 1,015 | 64.5 | 61.1-67.8 |
Western NC | 990 | 382 | 36.4 | 32.3-40.7 | 608 | 63.6 | 59.3-67.7 |
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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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