BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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
-Northeast Partnership II	497	411	75.5	69.6-80.6	86	24.5	19.4-30.4
GENDER
Male	166	129	69.6	59.3-78.3	37	30.4	21.7-40.7
Female	331	282	80.7	74.6-85.6	49	19.3	14.4-25.4
RACE
White	313	270	82.4	76.3-87.2	43	17.6	12.8-23.7
Other	182	140	67.1	56.8-76.0	42	32.9	24.0-43.2
AGE
18-44	144	90	56.1	46.0-65.7	54	43.9	34.3-54.0
45+	350	319	88.6	82.0-92.9	31	11.4	7.1-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	215	68.1	60.0-75.2	63	31.9	24.8-40.0
Some College +	219	196	85.7	77.1-91.4	23	14.3	8.6-22.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	303	244	72.1	64.2-78.8	59	27.9	21.2-35.8
$50,000+	115	105	89.8	81.6-94.6	10	10.2	5.4-18.4

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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	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Northeast Partnership II	497	411	75.5	69.6-80.6	86	24.5	19.4-30.4
GENDER
Male	166	129	69.6	59.3-78.3	37	30.4	21.7-40.7
Female	331	282	80.7	74.6-85.6	49	19.3	14.4-25.4
RACE
White	313	270	82.4	76.3-87.2	43	17.6	12.8-23.7
Other	182	140	67.1	56.8-76.0	42	32.9	24.0-43.2
AGE
18-44	144	90	56.1	46.0-65.7	54	43.9	34.3-54.0
45+	350	319	88.6	82.0-92.9	31	11.4	7.1-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	215	68.1	60.0-75.2	63	31.9	24.8-40.0
Some College +	219	196	85.7	77.1-91.4	23	14.3	8.6-22.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	303	244	72.1	64.2-78.8	59	27.9	21.2-35.8
$50,000+	115	105	89.8	81.6-94.6	10	10.2	5.4-18.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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