BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	363	130	31.6	26.3-37.5	233	68.4	62.5-73.7
GENDER
Male	132	44	30.2	22.2-39.6	88	69.8	60.4-77.8
Female	231	86	33.0	26.4-40.4	145	67.0	59.6-73.6
RACE
White	227	88	34.0	27.1-41.5	139	66.0	58.5-72.9
Other	133	42	29.0	20.8-38.9	91	71.0	61.1-79.2
AGE
18-44	139	27	18.7	12.3-27.3	112	81.3	72.7-87.7
45+	220	102	45.4	37.9-53.1	118	54.6	46.9-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	46	32.0	23.1-42.4	75	68.0	57.6-76.9
Some College +	241	84	31.5	25.1-38.8	157	68.5	61.2-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	193	70	30.9	23.4-39.6	123	69.1	60.4-76.6
$50,000+	132	49	34.9	26.6-44.2	83	65.1	55.8-73.4

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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
-Cumberland County	363	130	31.6	26.3-37.5	233	68.4	62.5-73.7
GENDER
Male	132	44	30.2	22.2-39.6	88	69.8	60.4-77.8
Female	231	86	33.0	26.4-40.4	145	67.0	59.6-73.6
RACE
White	227	88	34.0	27.1-41.5	139	66.0	58.5-72.9
Other	133	42	29.0	20.8-38.9	91	71.0	61.1-79.2
AGE
18-44	139	27	18.7	12.3-27.3	112	81.3	72.7-87.7
45+	220	102	45.4	37.9-53.1	118	54.6	46.9-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	46	32.0	23.1-42.4	75	68.0	57.6-76.9
Some College +	241	84	31.5	25.1-38.8	157	68.5	61.2-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	193	70	30.9	23.4-39.6	123	69.1	60.4-76.6
$50,000+	132	49	34.9	26.6-44.2	83	65.1	55.8-73.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cumberland County

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