BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	374	162	41.4	35.7-47.4	212	58.6	52.6-64.3
GENDER
Male	140	60	42.0	33.0-51.5	80	58.0	48.5-67.0
Female	234	102	40.9	34.2-48.0	132	59.1	52.0-65.8
RACE
White	341	150	42.1	36.1-48.4	191	57.9	51.6-63.9
Other	33	12	35.0	19.1-55.3	21	65.0	44.7-80.9
AGE
18-44	99	28	28.3	19.5-39.1	71	71.7	60.9-80.5
45+	273	133	49.8	43.1-56.6	140	50.2	43.4-56.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	223	101	44.0	36.4-51.8	122	56.0	48.2-63.6
Some College +	150	60	37.7	29.3-47.0	90	62.3	53.0-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	210	97	43.1	35.4-51.2	113	56.9	48.8-64.6
$50,000+	103	37	37.3	27.3-48.5	66	62.7	51.5-72.7

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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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	374	162	41.4	35.7-47.4	212	58.6	52.6-64.3
GENDER
Male	140	60	42.0	33.0-51.5	80	58.0	48.5-67.0
Female	234	102	40.9	34.2-48.0	132	59.1	52.0-65.8
RACE
White	341	150	42.1	36.1-48.4	191	57.9	51.6-63.9
Other	33	12	35.0	19.1-55.3	21	65.0	44.7-80.9
AGE
18-44	99	28	28.3	19.5-39.1	71	71.7	60.9-80.5
45+	273	133	49.8	43.1-56.6	140	50.2	43.4-56.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	223	101	44.0	36.4-51.8	122	56.0	48.2-63.6
Some College +	150	60	37.7	29.3-47.0	90	62.3	53.0-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	210	97	43.1	35.4-51.2	113	56.9	48.8-64.6
$50,000+	103	37	37.3	27.3-48.5	66	62.7	51.5-72.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

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