BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	379	164	39.0	32.8-45.6	215	61.0	54.4-67.2
GENDER
Male	133	58	37.9	27.6-49.3	75	62.1	50.7-72.4
Female	246	106	40.1	33.4-47.1	140	59.9	52.9-66.6
RACE
White	339	151	39.8	33.1-46.8	188	60.2	53.2-66.9
Other	40	13	33.1	17.4-53.6	27	66.9	46.4-82.6
AGE
18-44	99	27	24.2	15.3-36.0	72	75.8	64.0-84.7
45+	277	136	48.2	41.6-54.9	141	51.8	45.1-58.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	93	45.1	35.5-55.1	92	54.9	44.9-64.5
Some College +	193	70	32.8	25.2-41.4	123	67.2	58.6-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	211	97	41.3	32.5-50.6	114	58.7	49.4-67.5
$50,000+	111	46	39.6	30.0-50.1	65	60.4	49.9-70.0

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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
-Gaston County	379	164	39.0	32.8-45.6	215	61.0	54.4-67.2
GENDER
Male	133	58	37.9	27.6-49.3	75	62.1	50.7-72.4
Female	246	106	40.1	33.4-47.1	140	59.9	52.9-66.6
RACE
White	339	151	39.8	33.1-46.8	188	60.2	53.2-66.9
Other	40	13	33.1	17.4-53.6	27	66.9	46.4-82.6
AGE
18-44	99	27	24.2	15.3-36.0	72	75.8	64.0-84.7
45+	277	136	48.2	41.6-54.9	141	51.8	45.1-58.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	93	45.1	35.5-55.1	92	54.9	44.9-64.5
Some College +	193	70	32.8	25.2-41.4	123	67.2	58.6-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	211	97	41.3	32.5-50.6	114	58.7	49.4-67.5
$50,000+	111	46	39.6	30.0-50.1	65	60.4	49.9-70.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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