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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 13,711 11,218 79.9 79.0-80.8 1,390 11.0 10.3-11.7 736 5.9 5.4- 6.5 367 3.2 2.8- 3.7
GENDER
Male 4,789 3,876 79.1 77.5-80.6 481 11.0 9.9-12.2 284 6.2 5.4- 7.1 148 3.8 3.1- 4.7
Female 8,922 7,342 80.6 79.5-81.6 909 11.0 10.2-11.9 452 5.8 5.1- 6.4 219 2.6 2.3- 3.1
RACE
White 10,792 8,684 78.3 77.3-79.3 1,157 11.6 10.9-12.5 635 6.7 6.1- 7.4 316 3.3 2.9- 3.8
African American 2,287 2,022 87.7 85.5-89.5 168 7.7 6.4- 9.2 67 2.8 2.1- 3.7 30 1.9 0.9- 3.8
Asian 80 57 66.6 53.4-77.6 15 22.4 13.5-35.0 7 8.3 3.3-19.3 1 2.7 0.4-16.5
Native American 218 181 81.3 73.4-87.3 19 10.4 5.9-17.7 12 5.5 2.8-10.4 6 2.8 1.0- 7.3
Other Minorities 292 238 79.6 72.5-85.2 28 10.3 6.4-16.2 13 3.8 1.8- 7.7 13 6.3 3.3-11.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 312 269 82.4 75.4-87.7 24 8.8 5.2-14.6 9 3.6 1.6- 7.6 10 5.2 2.4-10.8
-English Speaking 171 144 85.3 78.2-90.4 14 7.0 3.9-12.3 7 4.7 2.0-10.5 6 3.0 1.2- 7.5
-Spanish Speaking 141 125 80.2 68.8-88.2 10 10.2 4.9-20.2 2 2.7 0.6-10.8 4 6.8 2.6-16.8
Non-Hispanic 13,385 10,938 79.8 78.9-80.7 1,364 11.1 10.4-11.8 726 6.0 5.5- 6.6 357 3.1 2.7- 3.6
AGE
18-24 281 206 72.1 64.9-78.3 43 14.7 10.5-20.3 25 9.3 5.8-14.6 7 3.8 1.4-10.1
25-34 1,352 967 70.6 67.5-73.5 216 17.1 14.7-19.7 112 8.0 6.4-10.0 57 4.2 3.1- 5.8
35-44 2,434 1,760 71.9 69.6-74.0 332 13.4 11.9-15.2 212 8.6 7.4-10.0 130 6.1 4.9- 7.4
45-54 2,851 2,240 79.4 77.6-81.1 341 11.4 10.1-12.8 182 6.0 5.1- 7.1 88 3.2 2.5- 4.1
55-64 2,877 2,447 85.1 83.4-86.7 245 8.4 7.3- 9.8 128 4.8 3.9- 6.0 57 1.6 1.2- 2.2
65-74 2,192 2,011 91.6 90.1-93.0 124 5.7 4.7- 7.0 40 1.8 1.3- 2.6 17 0.8 0.4- 1.4
75+ 1,652 1,525 93.0 91.4-94.3 82 4.5 3.4- 5.8 35 1.8 1.3- 2.6 10 0.7 0.3- 1.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,863 1,666 87.5 85.1-89.7 110 6.1 4.6- 7.9 50 3.4 2.3- 4.8 37 3.0 1.9- 4.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,991 3,304 81.0 79.3-82.6 383 10.6 9.3-11.9 202 5.4 4.5- 6.4 102 3.1 2.4- 3.9
Some Post-H.S. 3,443 2,795 78.6 76.6-80.4 360 11.9 10.5-13.5 200 6.6 5.5- 7.8 88 3.0 2.1- 4.1
College Graduate 4,388 3,429 77.0 75.4-78.5 536 12.6 11.4-13.8 283 6.9 6.0- 7.9 140 3.5 2.9- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,519 1,330 85.0 82.2-87.5 96 7.3 5.6- 9.4 55 4.1 3.0- 5.6 38 3.5 2.2- 5.8
$15,000- 24,999 2,234 1,858 82.2 79.8-84.3 193 9.1 7.5-10.9 115 5.4 4.3- 6.8 68 3.4 2.5- 4.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,631 1,311 78.2 75.3-80.9 188 11.7 9.8-13.9 86 6.4 4.8- 8.7 46 3.6 2.5- 5.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,922 1,543 78.2 75.7-80.4 208 11.8 10.1-13.8 116 6.6 5.3- 8.2 55 3.4 2.5- 4.7
$50,000-74,999 1,932 1,529 77.9 75.4-80.3 235 12.6 10.8-14.5 116 5.6 4.6- 7.0 52 3.8 2.5- 5.8
$75,000+ 2,522 1,989 77.8 75.7-79.7 296 12.6 11.0-14.4 163 6.8 5.7- 8.1 74 2.8 2.1- 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,543 3,941 85.3 83.9-86.7 342 7.9 6.9- 9.0 174 4.6 3.7- 5.6 86 2.2 1.7- 2.9
No 8,821 6,984 77.3 76.1-78.4 1,014 12.5 11.6-13.4 547 6.6 5.9- 7.2 276 3.7 3.1- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,053 1,760 83.2 81.0-85.3 149 9.0 7.4-10.8 102 5.6 4.4- 7.1 42 2.2 1.5- 3.2
Non-Veteran 11,633 9,434 79.2 78.2-80.2 1,240 11.4 10.7-12.2 634 6.0 5.5- 6.6 325 3.4 2.9- 3.9

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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.

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