BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	442	354	72.2	65.7-77.8	88	27.8	22.2-34.3
GENDER
Male	158	124	71.8	61.1-80.5	34	28.2	19.5-38.9
Female	284	230	72.5	64.9-79.0	54	27.5	21.0-35.1
RACE
White	374	307	73.9	67.2-79.8	67	26.1	20.2-32.8
Other	68	47	64.8	46.7-79.5	21	35.2	20.5-53.3
AGE
18-44	166	99	57.1	47.4-66.3	67	42.9	33.7-52.6
45+	274	253	91.6	87.2-94.7	21	8.4	5.3-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	132	65.1	53.4-75.2	43	34.9	24.8-46.6
Some College +	264	220	76.9	69.6-83.0	44	23.1	17.0-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	187	63.6	55.2-71.2	69	36.4	28.8-44.8
$50,000+	119	112	93.2	86.1-96.8	7	6.8	3.2-13.9

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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
-Buncombe County	442	354	72.2	65.7-77.8	88	27.8	22.2-34.3
GENDER
Male	158	124	71.8	61.1-80.5	34	28.2	19.5-38.9
Female	284	230	72.5	64.9-79.0	54	27.5	21.0-35.1
RACE
White	374	307	73.9	67.2-79.8	67	26.1	20.2-32.8
Other	68	47	64.8	46.7-79.5	21	35.2	20.5-53.3
AGE
18-44	166	99	57.1	47.4-66.3	67	42.9	33.7-52.6
45+	274	253	91.6	87.2-94.7	21	8.4	5.3-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	132	65.1	53.4-75.2	43	34.9	24.8-46.6
Some College +	264	220	76.9	69.6-83.0	44	23.1	17.0-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	187	63.6	55.2-71.2	69	36.4	28.8-44.8
$50,000+	119	112	93.2	86.1-96.8	7	6.8	3.2-13.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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