BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	407	164	37.9	32.6-43.6	243	62.1	56.4-67.4
GENDER
Male	125	48	39.9	30.5-50.0	77	60.1	50.0-69.5
Female	282	116	36.5	30.5-43.0	166	63.5	57.0-69.5
RACE
White	269	105	34.7	28.6-41.3	164	65.3	58.7-71.4
Other	137	58	42.2	32.6-52.4	79	57.8	47.6-67.4
AGE
18-44	90	24	27.9	18.4-40.0	66	72.1	60.0-81.6
45+	315	140	42.4	36.2-48.9	175	57.6	51.1-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	212	97	44.1	36.4-52.0	115	55.9	48.0-63.6
Some College +	195	67	31.4	24.3-39.4	128	68.6	60.6-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	106	41.5	34.2-49.3	135	58.5	50.7-65.8
$50,000+	104	31	28.5	19.9-39.0	73	71.5	61.0-80.1

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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 II	407	164	37.9	32.6-43.6	243	62.1	56.4-67.4
GENDER
Male	125	48	39.9	30.5-50.0	77	60.1	50.0-69.5
Female	282	116	36.5	30.5-43.0	166	63.5	57.0-69.5
RACE
White	269	105	34.7	28.6-41.3	164	65.3	58.7-71.4
Other	137	58	42.2	32.6-52.4	79	57.8	47.6-67.4
AGE
18-44	90	24	27.9	18.4-40.0	66	72.1	60.0-81.6
45+	315	140	42.4	36.2-48.9	175	57.6	51.1-63.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	212	97	44.1	36.4-52.0	115	55.9	48.0-63.6
Some College +	195	67	31.4	24.3-39.4	128	68.6	60.6-75.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	106	41.5	34.2-49.3	135	58.5	50.7-65.8
$50,000+	104	31	28.5	19.9-39.0	73	71.5	61.0-80.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Cholesterol Awareness

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