BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	339	121	32.2	26.7-38.1	218	67.8	61.9-73.3
GENDER
Male	124	42	29.4	21.3-39.0	82	70.6	61.0-78.7
Female	215	79	34.7	27.9-42.1	136	65.3	57.9-72.1
RACE
White	300	108	32.9	27.1-39.3	192	67.1	60.7-72.9
Other	36	13	28.8	15.4-47.3	23	71.2	52.7-84.6
AGE
18-44	116	25	19.8	13.0-29.1	91	80.2	70.9-87.0
45+	221	96	42.7	35.5-50.1	125	57.3	49.9-64.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	59	38.8	29.6-49.0	81	61.2	51.0-70.4
Some College +	199	62	27.6	21.2-35.0	137	72.4	65.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	64	39.7	31.0-49.0	86	60.3	51.0-69.0
$50,000+	128	35	27.1	19.6-36.3	93	72.9	63.7-80.4

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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
-Cabarrus County	339	121	32.2	26.7-38.1	218	67.8	61.9-73.3
GENDER
Male	124	42	29.4	21.3-39.0	82	70.6	61.0-78.7
Female	215	79	34.7	27.9-42.1	136	65.3	57.9-72.1
RACE
White	300	108	32.9	27.1-39.3	192	67.1	60.7-72.9
Other	36	13	28.8	15.4-47.3	23	71.2	52.7-84.6
AGE
18-44	116	25	19.8	13.0-29.1	91	80.2	70.9-87.0
45+	221	96	42.7	35.5-50.1	125	57.3	49.9-64.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	59	38.8	29.6-49.0	81	61.2	51.0-70.4
Some College +	199	62	27.6	21.2-35.0	137	72.4	65.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	150	64	39.7	31.0-49.0	86	60.3	51.0-69.0
$50,000+	128	35	27.1	19.6-36.3	93	72.9	63.7-80.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

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