BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	360	138	36.8	31.0-42.9	222	63.2	57.1-69.0
GENDER
Male	136	56	38.5	29.5-48.3	80	61.5	51.7-70.5
Female	224	82	35.3	28.2-43.1	142	64.7	56.9-71.8
RACE
White	330	131	38.0	31.9-44.4	199	62.0	55.6-68.1
Other	29	7	26.3	10.8-51.3	22	73.7	48.7-89.2
AGE
18-44	103	22	23.9	15.4-35.1	81	76.1	64.9-84.6
45+	254	115	46.6	39.7-53.6	139	53.4	46.4-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	77	43.3	34.6-52.5	100	56.7	47.5-65.4
Some College +	183	61	30.5	23.5-38.5	122	69.5	61.5-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	86	40.8	33.1-49.0	126	59.2	51.0-66.9
$50,000+	94	32	31.2	21.7-42.7	62	68.8	57.3-78.3

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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
-Catawba County	360	138	36.8	31.0-42.9	222	63.2	57.1-69.0
GENDER
Male	136	56	38.5	29.5-48.3	80	61.5	51.7-70.5
Female	224	82	35.3	28.2-43.1	142	64.7	56.9-71.8
RACE
White	330	131	38.0	31.9-44.4	199	62.0	55.6-68.1
Other	29	7	26.3	10.8-51.3	22	73.7	48.7-89.2
AGE
18-44	103	22	23.9	15.4-35.1	81	76.1	64.9-84.6
45+	254	115	46.6	39.7-53.6	139	53.4	46.4-60.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	77	43.3	34.6-52.5	100	56.7	47.5-65.4
Some College +	183	61	30.5	23.5-38.5	122	69.5	61.5-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	212	86	40.8	33.1-49.0	126	59.2	51.0-66.9
$50,000+	94	32	31.2	21.7-42.7	62	68.8	57.3-78.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Cholesterol Awareness

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