BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	375	154	40.1	34.5-45.9	221	59.9	54.1-65.5
GENDER
Male	124	52	38.2	29.2-48.0	72	61.8	52.0-70.8
Female	251	102	41.6	34.9-48.6	149	58.4	51.4-65.1
RACE
White	293	122	39.3	33.1-46.0	171	60.7	54.0-66.9
Other	80	31	43.1	31.5-55.6	49	56.9	44.4-68.5
AGE
18-44	95	18	18.9	11.2-30.2	77	81.1	69.8-88.8
45+	279	135	50.4	43.8-57.0	144	49.6	43.0-56.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	67	51.5	41.0-61.8	62	48.5	38.2-59.0
Some College +	246	87	34.1	27.9-41.0	159	65.9	59.0-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	76	44.3	35.6-53.4	101	55.7	46.6-64.4
$50,000+	144	53	33.5	25.7-42.4	91	66.5	57.6-74.3

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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	13,746	5,458	36.3	35.2-37.3	8,288	63.7	62.7-64.8
-Forsyth County	375	154	40.1	34.5-45.9	221	59.9	54.1-65.5
GENDER
Male	124	52	38.2	29.2-48.0	72	61.8	52.0-70.8
Female	251	102	41.6	34.9-48.6	149	58.4	51.4-65.1
RACE
White	293	122	39.3	33.1-46.0	171	60.7	54.0-66.9
Other	80	31	43.1	31.5-55.6	49	56.9	44.4-68.5
AGE
18-44	95	18	18.9	11.2-30.2	77	81.1	69.8-88.8
45+	279	135	50.4	43.8-57.0	144	49.6	43.0-56.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	129	67	51.5	41.0-61.8	62	48.5	38.2-59.0
Some College +	246	87	34.1	27.9-41.0	159	65.9	59.0-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	76	44.3	35.6-53.4	101	55.7	46.6-64.4
$50,000+	144	53	33.5	25.7-42.4	91	66.5	57.6-74.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Cholesterol Awareness

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