BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	753	598	71.1	65.9-75.9	155	28.9	24.1-34.1
GENDER
Male	266	199	66.7	57.9-74.5	67	33.3	25.5-42.1
Female	487	399	74.9	68.5-80.4	88	25.1	19.6-31.5
RACE
White	670	549	74.5	69.0-79.3	121	25.5	20.7-31.0
Other	83	49	46.1	30.4-62.6	34	53.9	37.4-69.6
AGE
18-44	247	141	49.8	41.3-58.3	106	50.2	41.7-58.7
45+	503	454	90.0	86.1-92.9	49	10.0	7.1-13.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	358	259	59.4	51.5-66.9	99	40.6	33.1-48.5
Some College +	395	339	83.3	77.6-87.8	56	16.7	12.2-22.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	473	362	68.1	61.7-74.0	111	31.9	26.0-38.3
$50,000+	159	140	80.4	65.3-89.9	19	19.6	10.1-34.7

Back to Cholesterol Awareness.

^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.

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	753	598	71.1	65.9-75.9	155	28.9	24.1-34.1
GENDER
Male	266	199	66.7	57.9-74.5	67	33.3	25.5-42.1
Female	487	399	74.9	68.5-80.4	88	25.1	19.6-31.5
RACE
White	670	549	74.5	69.0-79.3	121	25.5	20.7-31.0
Other	83	49	46.1	30.4-62.6	34	53.9	37.4-69.6
AGE
18-44	247	141	49.8	41.3-58.3	106	50.2	41.7-58.7
45+	503	454	90.0	86.1-92.9	49	10.0	7.1-13.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	358	259	59.4	51.5-66.9	99	40.6	33.1-48.5
Some College +	395	339	83.3	77.6-87.8	56	16.7	12.2-22.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	473	362	68.1	61.7-74.0	111	31.9	26.0-38.3
$50,000+	159	140	80.4	65.3-89.9	19	19.6	10.1-34.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you ever had your blood cholesterol checked?