BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	712	254	33.2	29.3-37.3	458	66.8	62.7-70.7
GENDER
Male	252	89	32.3	26.1-39.1	163	67.7	60.9-73.9
Female	460	165	34.0	29.4-39.0	295	66.0	61.0-70.6
RACE
White	522	184	32.9	28.5-37.6	338	67.1	62.4-71.5
Other	186	68	33.4	25.8-42.0	118	66.6	58.0-74.2
AGE
18-44	231	57	22.6	17.2-29.1	174	77.4	70.9-82.8
45+	475	193	40.3	35.4-45.5	282	59.7	54.5-64.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	70	38.1	29.1-48.1	95	61.9	51.9-70.9
Some College +	545	182	31.4	27.2-35.9	363	68.6	64.1-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	278	108	35.1	28.9-41.9	170	64.9	58.1-71.1
$50,000+	339	105	29.8	24.5-35.7	234	70.2	64.3-75.5

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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
-Mecklenburg County	712	254	33.2	29.3-37.3	458	66.8	62.7-70.7
GENDER
Male	252	89	32.3	26.1-39.1	163	67.7	60.9-73.9
Female	460	165	34.0	29.4-39.0	295	66.0	61.0-70.6
RACE
White	522	184	32.9	28.5-37.6	338	67.1	62.4-71.5
Other	186	68	33.4	25.8-42.0	118	66.6	58.0-74.2
AGE
18-44	231	57	22.6	17.2-29.1	174	77.4	70.9-82.8
45+	475	193	40.3	35.4-45.5	282	59.7	54.5-64.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	70	38.1	29.1-48.1	95	61.9	51.9-70.9
Some College +	545	182	31.4	27.2-35.9	363	68.6	64.1-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	278	108	35.1	28.9-41.9	170	64.9	58.1-71.1
$50,000+	339	105	29.8	24.5-35.7	234	70.2	64.3-75.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Cholesterol Awareness

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