BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	13,746	5,458	36.3	35.2-37.3	8,288	63.7	62.7-64.8
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	411	185	40.3	34.9-45.9	226	59.7	54.1-65.1
GENDER
Male	140	61	37.9	29.2-47.5	79	62.1	52.5-70.8
Female	271	124	42.3	35.9-48.9	147	57.7	51.1-64.1
RACE
White	364	166	42.1	36.4-48.1	198	57.9	51.9-63.6
Other	47	19	26.4	15.1-42.0	28	73.6	58.0-84.9
AGE
18-44	120	34	26.5	18.7-36.2	86	73.5	63.8-81.3
45+	290	151	49.7	43.2-56.2	139	50.3	43.8-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	102	39.1	32.0-46.8	119	60.9	53.2-68.0
Some College +	188	82	41.5	33.6-49.8	106	58.5	50.2-66.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	115	40.1	33.3-47.3	137	59.9	52.7-66.7
$50,000+	104	45	40.9	30.6-52.1	59	59.1	47.9-69.4

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	13,746	5,458	36.3	35.2-37.3	8,288	63.7	62.7-64.8
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	411	185	40.3	34.9-45.9	226	59.7	54.1-65.1
GENDER
Male	140	61	37.9	29.2-47.5	79	62.1	52.5-70.8
Female	271	124	42.3	35.9-48.9	147	57.7	51.1-64.1
RACE
White	364	166	42.1	36.4-48.1	198	57.9	51.9-63.6
Other	47	19	26.4	15.1-42.0	28	73.6	58.0-84.9
AGE
18-44	120	34	26.5	18.7-36.2	86	73.5	63.8-81.3
45+	290	151	49.7	43.2-56.2	139	50.3	43.8-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	102	39.1	32.0-46.8	119	60.9	53.2-68.0
Some College +	188	82	41.5	33.6-49.8	106	58.5	50.2-66.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	115	40.1	33.3-47.3	137	59.9	52.7-66.7
$50,000+	104	45	40.9	30.6-52.1	59	59.1	47.9-69.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?