BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**: (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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	507	413	74.2	67.8-79.7	94	25.8	20.3-32.2
GENDER
Male	160	127	70.1	57.9-79.9	33	29.9	20.1-42.1
Female	347	286	77.5	71.4-82.7	61	22.5	17.3-28.6
RACE
White	333	284	81.7	75.8-86.4	49	18.3	13.6-24.2
Other	173	128	60.7	48.4-71.7	45	39.3	28.3-51.6
AGE
18-44	171	116	61.6	50.6-71.6	55	38.4	28.4-49.4
45+	332	293	84.3	78.5-88.8	39	15.7	11.2-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	268	205	66.8	57.5-75.0	63	33.2	25.0-42.5
Some College +	238	207	84.5	77.7-89.5	31	15.5	10.5-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	317	248	69.0	60.4-76.5	69	31.0	23.5-39.6
$50,000+	118	108	91.3	83.6-95.6	10	8.7	4.4-16.4

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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	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	507	413	74.2	67.8-79.7	94	25.8	20.3-32.2
GENDER
Male	160	127	70.1	57.9-79.9	33	29.9	20.1-42.1
Female	347	286	77.5	71.4-82.7	61	22.5	17.3-28.6
RACE
White	333	284	81.7	75.8-86.4	49	18.3	13.6-24.2
Other	173	128	60.7	48.4-71.7	45	39.3	28.3-51.6
AGE
18-44	171	116	61.6	50.6-71.6	55	38.4	28.4-49.4
45+	332	293	84.3	78.5-88.8	39	15.7	11.2-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	268	205	66.8	57.5-75.0	63	33.2	25.0-42.5
Some College +	238	207	84.5	77.7-89.5	31	15.5	10.5-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	317	248	69.0	60.4-76.5	69	31.0	23.5-39.6
$50,000+	118	108	91.3	83.6-95.6	10	8.7	4.4-16.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

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