BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	345	151	40.7	35.0-46.7	194	59.3	53.3-65.0
GENDER
Male	111	49	42.3	32.5-52.7	62	57.7	47.3-67.5
Female	234	102	39.7	32.9-46.9	132	60.3	53.1-67.1
RACE
White	284	127	42.5	36.0-49.2	157	57.5	50.8-64.0
Other	60	23	32.1	21.0-45.8	37	67.9	54.2-79.0
AGE
18-44	71	20	31.4	20.3-45.2	51	68.6	54.8-79.7
45+	273	131	44.4	37.9-51.0	142	55.6	49.0-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	81	47.3	38.5-56.2	87	52.7	43.8-61.5
Some College +	177	70	35.1	27.9-43.0	107	64.9	57.0-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	100	44.9	37.3-52.7	109	55.1	47.3-62.7
$50,000+	92	39	39.2	28.9-50.6	53	60.8	49.4-71.1

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	345	151	40.7	35.0-46.7	194	59.3	53.3-65.0
GENDER
Male	111	49	42.3	32.5-52.7	62	57.7	47.3-67.5
Female	234	102	39.7	32.9-46.9	132	60.3	53.1-67.1
RACE
White	284	127	42.5	36.0-49.2	157	57.5	50.8-64.0
Other	60	23	32.1	21.0-45.8	37	67.9	54.2-79.0
AGE
18-44	71	20	31.4	20.3-45.2	51	68.6	54.8-79.7
45+	273	131	44.4	37.9-51.0	142	55.6	49.0-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	168	81	47.3	38.5-56.2	87	52.7	43.8-61.5
Some College +	177	70	35.1	27.9-43.0	107	64.9	57.0-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	100	44.9	37.3-52.7	109	55.1	47.3-62.7
$50,000+	92	39	39.2	28.9-50.6	53	60.8	49.4-71.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

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