BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	413	191	46.2	40.0-52.6	222	53.8	47.4-60.0
GENDER
Male	134	68	51.1	40.2-62.0	66	48.9	38.0-59.8
Female	279	123	42.3	35.8-49.1	156	57.7	50.9-64.2
RACE
White	195	89	47.8	38.1-57.6	106	52.2	42.4-61.9
Other	214	100	44.8	37.0-52.9	114	55.2	47.1-63.0
AGE
18-44	98	30	38.4	24.8-54.2	68	61.6	45.8-75.2
45+	314	161	49.9	43.5-56.4	153	50.1	43.6-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	248	129	51.3	42.9-59.7	119	48.7	40.3-57.1
Some College +	165	62	38.7	30.4-47.7	103	61.3	52.3-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	270	130	49.0	40.9-57.1	140	51.0	42.9-59.1
$50,000+	77	29	39.0	27.3-52.1	48	61.0	47.9-72.7

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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
-Northeast Partnership I	413	191	46.2	40.0-52.6	222	53.8	47.4-60.0
GENDER
Male	134	68	51.1	40.2-62.0	66	48.9	38.0-59.8
Female	279	123	42.3	35.8-49.1	156	57.7	50.9-64.2
RACE
White	195	89	47.8	38.1-57.6	106	52.2	42.4-61.9
Other	214	100	44.8	37.0-52.9	114	55.2	47.1-63.0
AGE
18-44	98	30	38.4	24.8-54.2	68	61.6	45.8-75.2
45+	314	161	49.9	43.5-56.4	153	50.1	43.6-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	248	129	51.3	42.9-59.7	119	48.7	40.3-57.1
Some College +	165	62	38.7	30.4-47.7	103	61.3	52.3-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	270	130	49.0	40.9-57.1	140	51.0	42.9-59.1
$50,000+	77	29	39.0	27.3-52.1	48	61.0	47.9-72.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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