BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	366	109	29.0	23.8-34.8	257	71.0	65.2-76.2
GENDER
Male	119	42	34.2	25.2-44.5	77	65.8	55.5-74.8
Female	247	67	24.7	19.2-31.2	180	75.3	68.8-80.8
RACE
White	226	71	29.4	23.2-36.5	155	70.6	63.5-76.8
Other	137	37	28.4	20.0-38.5	100	71.6	61.5-80.0
AGE
18-44	153	27	18.4	12.4-26.4	126	81.6	73.6-87.6
45+	212	82	39.4	31.4-47.9	130	60.6	52.1-68.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	30	33.4	22.4-46.5	60	66.6	53.5-77.6
Some College +	276	79	27.6	21.9-34.1	197	72.4	65.9-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	166	45	26.2	19.0-34.9	121	73.8	65.1-81.0
$50,000+	159	51	33.0	25.2-42.0	108	67.0	58.0-74.8

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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
-Durham County	366	109	29.0	23.8-34.8	257	71.0	65.2-76.2
GENDER
Male	119	42	34.2	25.2-44.5	77	65.8	55.5-74.8
Female	247	67	24.7	19.2-31.2	180	75.3	68.8-80.8
RACE
White	226	71	29.4	23.2-36.5	155	70.6	63.5-76.8
Other	137	37	28.4	20.0-38.5	100	71.6	61.5-80.0
AGE
18-44	153	27	18.4	12.4-26.4	126	81.6	73.6-87.6
45+	212	82	39.4	31.4-47.9	130	60.6	52.1-68.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	30	33.4	22.4-46.5	60	66.6	53.5-77.6
Some College +	276	79	27.6	21.9-34.1	197	72.4	65.9-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	166	45	26.2	19.0-34.9	121	73.8	65.1-81.0
$50,000+	159	51	33.0	25.2-42.0	108	67.0	58.0-74.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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