BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	364	143	34.4	29.0-40.3	221	65.6	59.7-71.0
GENDER
Male	142	63	37.9	28.9-47.7	79	62.1	52.3-71.1
Female	222	80	31.1	24.8-38.2	142	68.9	61.8-75.2
RACE
White	320	127	35.9	30.2-42.0	193	64.1	58.0-69.8
Other	42	16	28.0	14.3-47.6	26	72.0	52.4-85.7
AGE
18-44	107	26	22.6	15.1-32.5	81	77.4	67.5-84.9
45+	257	117	44.2	37.5-51.1	140	55.8	48.9-62.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	97	36.9	29.6-44.9	127	63.1	55.1-70.4
Some College +	140	46	30.5	22.7-39.7	94	69.5	60.3-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	88	36.0	28.6-44.1	121	64.0	55.9-71.4
$50,000+	100	37	36.0	25.9-47.4	63	64.0	52.6-74.1

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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
-Davidson County	364	143	34.4	29.0-40.3	221	65.6	59.7-71.0
GENDER
Male	142	63	37.9	28.9-47.7	79	62.1	52.3-71.1
Female	222	80	31.1	24.8-38.2	142	68.9	61.8-75.2
RACE
White	320	127	35.9	30.2-42.0	193	64.1	58.0-69.8
Other	42	16	28.0	14.3-47.6	26	72.0	52.4-85.7
AGE
18-44	107	26	22.6	15.1-32.5	81	77.4	67.5-84.9
45+	257	117	44.2	37.5-51.1	140	55.8	48.9-62.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	97	36.9	29.6-44.9	127	63.1	55.1-70.4
Some College +	140	46	30.5	22.7-39.7	94	69.5	60.3-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	88	36.0	28.6-44.1	121	64.0	55.9-71.4
$50,000+	100	37	36.0	25.9-47.4	63	64.0	52.6-74.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson County

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