BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	380	167	40.5	35.0-46.2	213	59.5	53.8-65.0
GENDER
Male	130	52	38.9	30.2-48.5	78	61.1	51.5-69.8
Female	250	115	41.8	35.2-48.8	135	58.2	51.2-64.8
RACE
White	330	143	41.3	35.5-47.5	187	58.7	52.5-64.5
Other	50	24	36.2	23.1-51.7	26	63.8	48.3-76.9
AGE
18-44	101	17	16.5	9.6-26.8	84	83.5	73.2-90.4
45+	278	150	54.0	47.4-60.4	128	46.0	39.6-52.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	63	45.8	35.8-56.2	58	54.2	43.8-64.2
Some College +	258	103	37.9	31.5-44.7	155	62.1	55.3-68.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	172	82	41.0	32.7-49.8	90	59.0	50.2-67.3
$50,000+	150	61	41.8	33.3-50.7	89	58.2	49.3-66.7

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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
-New Hanover County	380	167	40.5	35.0-46.2	213	59.5	53.8-65.0
GENDER
Male	130	52	38.9	30.2-48.5	78	61.1	51.5-69.8
Female	250	115	41.8	35.2-48.8	135	58.2	51.2-64.8
RACE
White	330	143	41.3	35.5-47.5	187	58.7	52.5-64.5
Other	50	24	36.2	23.1-51.7	26	63.8	48.3-76.9
AGE
18-44	101	17	16.5	9.6-26.8	84	83.5	73.2-90.4
45+	278	150	54.0	47.4-60.4	128	46.0	39.6-52.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	121	63	45.8	35.8-56.2	58	54.2	43.8-64.2
Some College +	258	103	37.9	31.5-44.7	155	62.1	55.3-68.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	172	82	41.0	32.7-49.8	90	59.0	50.2-67.3
$50,000+	150	61	41.8	33.3-50.7	89	58.2	49.3-66.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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