BRFSS 2005 - Durham County: (Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Durham County	454	370	69.7	62.9-75.7	84	30.3	24.3-37.1
GENDER
Male	152	120	67.6	56.1-77.2	32	32.4	22.8-43.9
Female	302	250	71.6	63.5-78.5	52	28.4	21.5-36.5
RACE
White	253	226	84.6	77.5-89.7	27	15.4	10.3-22.5
Other	198	141	56.6	46.7-66.0	57	43.4	34.0-53.3
AGE
18-44	222	154	55.8	47.0-64.2	68	44.2	35.8-53.0
45+	231	215	91.2	85.2-94.9	16	8.8	5.1-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	92	44.9	34.3-56.0	53	55.1	44.0-65.7
Some College +	309	278	85.7	79.7-90.1	31	14.3	9.9-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	169	58.1	48.6-67.1	56	41.9	32.9-51.4
$50,000+	171	159	91.9	85.7-95.6	12	8.1	4.4-14.3

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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	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Durham County	454	370	69.7	62.9-75.7	84	30.3	24.3-37.1
GENDER
Male	152	120	67.6	56.1-77.2	32	32.4	22.8-43.9
Female	302	250	71.6	63.5-78.5	52	28.4	21.5-36.5
RACE
White	253	226	84.6	77.5-89.7	27	15.4	10.3-22.5
Other	198	141	56.6	46.7-66.0	57	43.4	34.0-53.3
AGE
18-44	222	154	55.8	47.0-64.2	68	44.2	35.8-53.0
45+	231	215	91.2	85.2-94.9	16	8.8	5.1-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	92	44.9	34.3-56.0	53	55.1	44.0-65.7
Some College +	309	278	85.7	79.7-90.1	31	14.3	9.9-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	169	58.1	48.6-67.1	56	41.9	32.9-51.4
$50,000+	171	159	91.9	85.7-95.6	12	8.1	4.4-14.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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