BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	367	145	35.3	29.8-41.2	222	64.7	58.8-70.2
GENDER
Male	117	42	31.1	22.6-41.1	75	68.9	58.9-77.4
Female	250	103	38.4	31.7-45.6	147	61.6	54.4-68.3
RACE
White	240	108	41.1	34.2-48.3	132	58.9	51.7-65.8
Other	124	37	27.3	19.2-37.3	87	72.7	62.7-80.8
AGE
18-44	105	19	16.7	10.3-26.0	86	83.3	74.0-89.7
45+	259	125	48.0	41.2-55.0	134	52.0	45.0-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	80	35.7	28.3-43.9	112	64.3	56.1-71.7
Some College +	173	64	34.8	26.9-43.6	109	65.2	56.4-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	199	80	35.0	27.6-43.3	119	65.0	56.7-72.4
$50,000+	105	40	37.8	27.7-49.1	65	62.2	50.9-72.3

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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	367	145	35.3	29.8-41.2	222	64.7	58.8-70.2
GENDER
Male	117	42	31.1	22.6-41.1	75	68.9	58.9-77.4
Female	250	103	38.4	31.7-45.6	147	61.6	54.4-68.3
RACE
White	240	108	41.1	34.2-48.3	132	58.9	51.7-65.8
Other	124	37	27.3	19.2-37.3	87	72.7	62.7-80.8
AGE
18-44	105	19	16.7	10.3-26.0	86	83.3	74.0-89.7
45+	259	125	48.0	41.2-55.0	134	52.0	45.0-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	80	35.7	28.3-43.9	112	64.3	56.1-71.7
Some College +	173	64	34.8	26.9-43.6	109	65.2	56.4-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	199	80	35.0	27.6-43.3	119	65.0	56.7-72.4
$50,000+	105	40	37.8	27.7-49.1	65	62.2	50.9-72.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

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