BRFSS 2005 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	317	120	35.1	29.2-41.5	197	64.9	58.5-70.8
GENDER
Male	119	45	36.1	26.9-46.5	74	63.9	53.5-73.1
Female	198	75	34.1	27.2-41.7	123	65.9	58.3-72.8
RACE
White	276	106	35.9	29.6-42.7	170	64.1	57.3-70.4
Other	40	14	31.2	17.0-50.0	26	68.8	50.0-83.0
AGE
18-44	108	25	22.9	15.2-33.0	83	77.1	67.0-84.8
45+	209	95	44.2	36.5-52.2	114	55.8	47.8-63.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	144	60	39.3	30.3-49.1	84	60.7	50.9-69.7
Some College +	173	60	31.7	24.3-40.1	113	68.3	59.9-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	67	36.2	28.1-45.2	97	63.8	54.8-71.9
$50,000+	105	34	32.8	23.4-43.9	71	67.2	56.1-76.6

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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
-Iredell County	317	120	35.1	29.2-41.5	197	64.9	58.5-70.8
GENDER
Male	119	45	36.1	26.9-46.5	74	63.9	53.5-73.1
Female	198	75	34.1	27.2-41.7	123	65.9	58.3-72.8
RACE
White	276	106	35.9	29.6-42.7	170	64.1	57.3-70.4
Other	40	14	31.2	17.0-50.0	26	68.8	50.0-83.0
AGE
18-44	108	25	22.9	15.2-33.0	83	77.1	67.0-84.8
45+	209	95	44.2	36.5-52.2	114	55.8	47.8-63.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	144	60	39.3	30.3-49.1	84	60.7	50.9-69.7
Some College +	173	60	31.7	24.3-40.1	113	68.3	59.9-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	67	36.2	28.1-45.2	97	63.8	54.8-71.9
$50,000+	105	34	32.8	23.4-43.9	71	67.2	56.1-76.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

Cholesterol Awareness

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