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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,617 | 2,752 | 34.0 | 32.4-35.6 | 4,865 | 66.0 | 64.4-67.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,671 | 629 | 35.9 | 32.6-39.4 | 1,042 | 64.1 | 60.6-67.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 606 | 226 | 35.7 | 30.3-41.5 | 380 | 64.3 | 58.5-69.7 |
| Female | 1,065 | 403 | 36.1 | 32.2-40.3 | 662 | 63.9 | 59.7-67.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,547 | 588 | 35.5 | 32.2-39.0 | 959 | 64.5 | 61.0-67.8 |
| African American | 59 | 22 | 53.4 | 32.7-73.0 | 37 | 46.6 | 27.0-67.3 |
| Other Minorities | 59 | 17 | 25.3 | 13.7-41.9 | 42 | 74.7 | 58.1-86.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 46 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.4-14.2 | 42 | 95.5 | 85.8-98.6 |
| 25-34 | 174 | 30 | 17.7 | 11.3-26.8 | 144 | 82.3 | 73.2-88.7 |
| 35-44 | 267 | 60 | 23.7 | 17.3-31.6 | 207 | 76.3 | 68.4-82.7 |
| 45-54 | 327 | 127 | 41.1 | 33.0-49.8 | 200 | 58.9 | 50.2-67.0 |
| 55-64 | 329 | 162 | 48.7 | 40.9-56.5 | 167 | 51.3 | 43.5-59.1 |
| 65-74 | 320 | 153 | 42.0 | 34.8-49.6 | 167 | 58.0 | 50.4-65.2 |
| 75+ | 193 | 87 | 46.8 | 37.6-56.1 | 106 | 53.2 | 43.9-62.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 264 | 123 | 44.9 | 36.3-53.7 | 141 | 55.1 | 46.3-63.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 500 | 196 | 38.0 | 32.1-44.3 | 304 | 62.0 | 55.7-67.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 435 | 169 | 33.0 | 26.6-40.1 | 266 | 67.0 | 59.9-73.4 |
| College Graduate | 468 | 138 | 31.0 | 25.4-37.2 | 330 | 69.0 | 62.8-74.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 204 | 112 | 50.2 | 40.6-59.7 | 92 | 49.8 | 40.3-59.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 299 | 115 | 36.5 | 29.0-44.7 | 184 | 63.5 | 55.3-71.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 211 | 74 | 30.2 | 22.3-39.4 | 137 | 69.8 | 60.6-77.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 227 | 77 | 40.7 | 31.0-51.2 | 150 | 59.3 | 48.8-69.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 178 | 53 | 25.6 | 18.1-34.8 | 125 | 74.4 | 65.2-81.9 |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 58 | 29.9 | 21.5-40.0 | 133 | 70.1 | 60.0-78.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 378 | 134 | 33.2 | 28.1-38.7 | 244 | 66.8 | 61.3-71.9 |
| Guilford | 374 | 125 | 32.8 | 27.5-38.6 | 249 | 67.2 | 61.4-72.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 361 | 131 | 34.0 | 28.7-39.8 | 230 | 66.0 | 60.2-71.3 |
| Orange | 346 | 100 | 21.0 | 16.3-26.6 | 246 | 79.0 | 73.4-83.7 |
| Wake | 374 | 107 | 25.7 | 21.2-30.9 | 267 | 74.3 | 69.1-78.8 |
| Chatham/Lee | 321 | 117 | 36.8 | 30.0-44.2 | 204 | 63.2 | 55.8-70.0 |
| Nash/Wilson | 310 | 106 | 33.8 | 27.9-40.3 | 204 | 66.2 | 59.7-72.1 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 365 | 133 | 34.9 | 29.2-40.9 | 232 | 65.1 | 59.1-70.8 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 357 | 143 | 36.4 | 30.7-42.5 | 214 | 63.6 | 57.5-69.3 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 370 | 163 | 43.5 | 37.6-49.7 | 207 | 56.5 | 50.3-62.4 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 381 | 129 | 32.4 | 26.5-39.0 | 252 | 67.6 | 61.0-73.5 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 330 | 108 | 29.1 | 23.8-34.9 | 222 | 70.9 | 65.1-76.2 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 372 | 134 | 35.7 | 30.3-41.5 | 238 | 64.3 | 58.5-69.7 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 335 | 143 | 42.6 | 35.7-49.8 | 192 | 57.4 | 50.2-64.3 |
| Northeast NC I | 365 | 142 | 35.9 | 30.5-41.6 | 223 | 64.1 | 58.4-69.5 |
| Northeast NC II | 421 | 149 | 31.1 | 26.4-36.2 | 272 | 68.9 | 63.8-73.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 786 | 291 | 32.7 | 29.1-36.6 | 495 | 67.3 | 63.4-70.9 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,055 | 362 | 32.4 | 28.8-36.3 | 693 | 67.6 | 63.7-71.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,660 | 976 | 33.2 | 30.4-36.0 | 1,684 | 66.8 | 64.0-69.6 |
| Piedmont | 3,286 | 1,147 | 33.9 | 31.7-36.2 | 2,139 | 66.1 | 63.8-68.3 |
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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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