BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	410	166	35.8	30.5-41.4	244	64.2	58.6-69.5
GENDER
Male	127	46	34.0	25.1-44.2	81	66.0	55.8-74.9
Female	283	120	37.1	31.0-43.6	163	62.9	56.4-69.0
RACE
White	283	110	34.1	27.9-40.8	173	65.9	59.2-72.1
Other	126	55	39.6	30.0-50.0	71	60.4	50.0-70.0
AGE
18-44	115	26	18.6	12.1-27.4	89	81.4	72.6-87.9
45+	291	138	46.0	39.4-52.8	153	54.0	47.2-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	204	86	35.2	27.8-43.4	118	64.8	56.6-72.2
Some College +	205	80	36.6	29.5-44.3	125	63.4	55.7-70.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	245	104	35.5	28.8-42.8	141	64.5	57.2-71.2
$50,000+	108	37	30.6	22.0-40.8	71	69.4	59.2-78.0

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	410	166	35.8	30.5-41.4	244	64.2	58.6-69.5
GENDER
Male	127	46	34.0	25.1-44.2	81	66.0	55.8-74.9
Female	283	120	37.1	31.0-43.6	163	62.9	56.4-69.0
RACE
White	283	110	34.1	27.9-40.8	173	65.9	59.2-72.1
Other	126	55	39.6	30.0-50.0	71	60.4	50.0-70.0
AGE
18-44	115	26	18.6	12.1-27.4	89	81.4	72.6-87.9
45+	291	138	46.0	39.4-52.8	153	54.0	47.2-60.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	204	86	35.2	27.8-43.4	118	64.8	56.6-72.2
Some College +	205	80	36.6	29.5-44.3	125	63.4	55.7-70.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	245	104	35.5	28.8-42.8	141	64.5	57.2-71.2
$50,000+	108	37	30.6	22.0-40.8	71	69.4	59.2-78.0

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

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