BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Alamance County	450	363	70.3	63.8-76.0	87	29.7	24.0-36.2
GENDER
Male	144	111	65.5	53.7-75.7	33	34.5	24.3-46.3
Female	306	252	73.9	67.0-79.8	54	26.1	20.2-33.0
RACE
White	337	284	75.8	68.9-81.6	53	24.2	18.4-31.1
Other	111	77	57.8	44.6-69.9	34	42.2	30.1-55.4
AGE
18-44	170	106	53.6	43.9-63.1	64	46.4	36.9-56.1
45+	279	256	90.0	84.9-93.5	23	10.0	6.5-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	160	58.9	49.1-67.9	56	41.1	32.1-50.9
Some College +	231	200	80.7	72.6-86.9	31	19.3	13.1-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	259	204	65.5	56.3-73.6	55	34.5	26.4-43.7
$50,000+	113	100	83.5	72.3-90.7	13	16.5	9.3-27.7

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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	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Alamance County	450	363	70.3	63.8-76.0	87	29.7	24.0-36.2
GENDER
Male	144	111	65.5	53.7-75.7	33	34.5	24.3-46.3
Female	306	252	73.9	67.0-79.8	54	26.1	20.2-33.0
RACE
White	337	284	75.8	68.9-81.6	53	24.2	18.4-31.1
Other	111	77	57.8	44.6-69.9	34	42.2	30.1-55.4
AGE
18-44	170	106	53.6	43.9-63.1	64	46.4	36.9-56.1
45+	279	256	90.0	84.9-93.5	23	10.0	6.5-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	160	58.9	49.1-67.9	56	41.1	32.1-50.9
Some College +	231	200	80.7	72.6-86.9	31	19.3	13.1-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	259	204	65.5	56.3-73.6	55	34.5	26.4-43.7
$50,000+	113	100	83.5	72.3-90.7	13	16.5	9.3-27.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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