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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Orange County 357 268 72.3 65.4-78.2 50 14.2 10.5-19.0 23 6.7 4.2-10.5 16 6.8 3.0-14.7
GENDER
Male 133 99 70.3 58.4-79.9 17 12.9 7.7-20.6 10 7.6 3.9-14.5 7 9.3 2.9-25.6
Female 224 169 74.3 67.3-80.3 33 15.6 10.9-21.9 13 5.8 3.2-10.2 9 4.3 2.1- 8.5
RACE
White 306 228 73.8 67.7-79.0 45 14.8 10.8-19.9 20 7.3 4.5-11.6 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5
Other 48 37 63.3 37.0-83.6 5 11.9 4.3-28.6 3 4.0 1.2-13.1 3 20.8 4.6-58.8
AGE
18-44 116 81 65.9 53.3-76.6 17 14.6 8.8-23.3 9 6.5 3.3-12.4 9 13.0 5.0-29.7
45+ 238 184 76.7 69.7-82.4 33 14.3 9.8-20.2 14 7.0 3.8-12.8 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 60 75.7 49.7-90.7 3 6.7 1.9-21.3 2 2.0 0.4- 9.0 3 15.6 3.5-48.8
Some College + 288 207 71.2 64.9-76.8 47 16.4 12.1-21.8 21 8.1 5.0-12.7 13 4.4 2.4- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 127 103 76.0 59.8-87.1 15 11.0 6.0-19.3 6 3.5 1.4- 8.4 3 9.5 2.0-35.5
$50,000+ 181 121 66.5 58.4-73.8 33 18.1 12.7-25.3 17 10.0 6.0-16.3 10 5.3 2.7-10.2

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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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