BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	373	137	34.0	28.7-39.7	236	66.0	60.3-71.3
GENDER
Male	130	46	31.9	23.6-41.4	84	68.1	58.6-76.4
Female	243	91	35.9	29.5-42.9	152	64.1	57.1-70.5
RACE
White	290	112	35.4	29.3-41.9	178	64.6	58.1-70.7
Other	83	25	29.9	20.0-42.1	58	70.1	57.9-80.0
AGE
18-44	94	16	18.2	10.9-28.6	78	81.8	71.4-89.1
45+	277	119	41.5	35.0-48.2	158	58.5	51.8-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	57	39.1	30.0-49.0	75	60.9	51.0-70.0
Some College +	240	80	31.5	25.2-38.6	160	68.5	61.4-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	75	38.2	30.4-46.7	106	61.8	53.3-69.6
$50,000+	125	31	24.6	17.0-34.2	94	75.4	65.8-83.0

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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
-Guilford County	373	137	34.0	28.7-39.7	236	66.0	60.3-71.3
GENDER
Male	130	46	31.9	23.6-41.4	84	68.1	58.6-76.4
Female	243	91	35.9	29.5-42.9	152	64.1	57.1-70.5
RACE
White	290	112	35.4	29.3-41.9	178	64.6	58.1-70.7
Other	83	25	29.9	20.0-42.1	58	70.1	57.9-80.0
AGE
18-44	94	16	18.2	10.9-28.6	78	81.8	71.4-89.1
45+	277	119	41.5	35.0-48.2	158	58.5	51.8-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	57	39.1	30.0-49.0	75	60.9	51.0-70.0
Some College +	240	80	31.5	25.2-38.6	160	68.5	61.4-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	75	38.2	30.4-46.7	106	61.8	53.3-69.6
$50,000+	125	31	24.6	17.0-34.2	94	75.4	65.8-83.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Cholesterol Awareness

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