BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	423	166	33.6	28.6-38.9	257	66.4	61.1-71.4
GENDER
Male	149	59	32.0	24.2-40.9	90	68.0	59.1-75.8
Female	274	107	35.0	29.2-41.4	167	65.0	58.6-70.8
RACE
White	371	147	35.4	30.1-41.0	224	64.6	59.0-69.9
Other	49	17	21.3	11.9-35.3	32	78.7	64.7-88.1
AGE
18-44	87	16	15.0	8.5-25.0	71	85.0	75.0-91.5
45+	333	149	42.5	36.7-48.6	184	57.5	51.4-63.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	156	60	29.9	22.5-38.5	96	70.1	61.5-77.5
Some College +	266	106	36.2	29.9-43.0	160	63.8	57.0-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	82	30.0	23.5-37.3	136	70.0	62.7-76.5
$50,000+	141	58	37.8	29.4-46.9	83	62.2	53.1-70.6

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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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	423	166	33.6	28.6-38.9	257	66.4	61.1-71.4
GENDER
Male	149	59	32.0	24.2-40.9	90	68.0	59.1-75.8
Female	274	107	35.0	29.2-41.4	167	65.0	58.6-70.8
RACE
White	371	147	35.4	30.1-41.0	224	64.6	59.0-69.9
Other	49	17	21.3	11.9-35.3	32	78.7	64.7-88.1
AGE
18-44	87	16	15.0	8.5-25.0	71	85.0	75.0-91.5
45+	333	149	42.5	36.7-48.6	184	57.5	51.4-63.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	156	60	29.9	22.5-38.5	96	70.1	61.5-77.5
Some College +	266	106	36.2	29.9-43.0	160	63.8	57.0-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	82	30.0	23.5-37.3	136	70.0	62.7-76.5
$50,000+	141	58	37.8	29.4-46.9	83	62.2	53.1-70.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

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