BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	319	120	34.8	28.5-41.8	199	65.2	58.2-71.5
GENDER
Male	104	43	36.7	26.0-48.8	61	63.3	51.2-74.0
Female	215	77	33.4	26.2-41.4	138	66.6	58.6-73.8
RACE
White	274	108	37.7	30.5-45.5	166	62.3	54.5-69.5
Other	45	12	20.0	10.6-34.7	33	80.0	65.3-89.4
AGE
18-44	109	31	26.8	17.8-38.3	78	73.2	61.7-82.2
45+	209	89	42.8	35.0-50.9	120	57.2	49.1-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	65	38.0	28.5-48.5	88	62.0	51.5-71.5
Some College +	164	55	32.6	24.3-42.0	109	67.4	58.0-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	67	37.0	27.5-47.5	93	63.0	52.5-72.5
$50,000+	114	36	33.9	24.4-45.0	78	66.1	55.0-75.6

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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
-Johnston County	319	120	34.8	28.5-41.8	199	65.2	58.2-71.5
GENDER
Male	104	43	36.7	26.0-48.8	61	63.3	51.2-74.0
Female	215	77	33.4	26.2-41.4	138	66.6	58.6-73.8
RACE
White	274	108	37.7	30.5-45.5	166	62.3	54.5-69.5
Other	45	12	20.0	10.6-34.7	33	80.0	65.3-89.4
AGE
18-44	109	31	26.8	17.8-38.3	78	73.2	61.7-82.2
45+	209	89	42.8	35.0-50.9	120	57.2	49.1-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	65	38.0	28.5-48.5	88	62.0	51.5-71.5
Some College +	164	55	32.6	24.3-42.0	109	67.4	58.0-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	67	37.0	27.5-47.5	93	63.0	52.5-72.5
$50,000+	114	36	33.9	24.4-45.0	78	66.1	55.0-75.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

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