BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	360	154	40.2	34.1-46.6	206	59.8	53.4-65.9
GENDER
Male	109	49	39.2	28.6-51.0	60	60.8	49.0-71.4
Female	251	105	40.8	33.9-48.0	146	59.2	52.0-66.1
RACE
White	281	121	42.0	35.1-49.2	160	58.0	50.8-64.9
Other	77	33	35.6	23.9-49.4	44	64.4	50.6-76.1
AGE
18-44	106	27	22.5	14.8-32.5	79	77.5	67.5-85.2
45+	253	127	52.9	45.7-60.0	126	47.1	40.0-54.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	158	74	44.9	35.1-55.2	84	55.1	44.8-64.9
Some College +	199	78	36.5	28.9-44.8	121	63.5	55.2-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	201	86	42.1	34.3-50.3	115	57.9	49.7-65.7
$50,000+	100	40	36.8	26.2-48.8	60	63.2	51.2-73.8

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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
-Alamance County	360	154	40.2	34.1-46.6	206	59.8	53.4-65.9
GENDER
Male	109	49	39.2	28.6-51.0	60	60.8	49.0-71.4
Female	251	105	40.8	33.9-48.0	146	59.2	52.0-66.1
RACE
White	281	121	42.0	35.1-49.2	160	58.0	50.8-64.9
Other	77	33	35.6	23.9-49.4	44	64.4	50.6-76.1
AGE
18-44	106	27	22.5	14.8-32.5	79	77.5	67.5-85.2
45+	253	127	52.9	45.7-60.0	126	47.1	40.0-54.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	158	74	44.9	35.1-55.2	84	55.1	44.8-64.9
Some College +	199	78	36.5	28.9-44.8	121	63.5	55.2-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	201	86	42.1	34.3-50.3	115	57.9	49.7-65.7
$50,000+	100	40	36.8	26.2-48.8	60	63.2	51.2-73.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Cholesterol Awareness

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