BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	359	97	29.1	23.0-36.0	262	70.9	64.0-77.0
GENDER
Male	133	40	33.3	23.5-44.9	93	66.7	55.1-76.5
Female	226	57	24.8	18.6-32.2	169	75.2	67.8-81.4
RACE
White	308	83	26.5	21.2-32.7	225	73.5	67.3-78.8
Other	48	12	40.6	19.8-65.5	36	59.4	34.5-80.2
AGE
18-44	117	17	20.0	10.5-34.7	100	80.0	65.3-89.5
45+	239	79	36.2	29.2-43.9	160	63.8	56.1-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	26	46.2	29.1-64.3	43	53.8	35.7-70.9
Some College +	289	71	24.5	19.2-30.7	218	75.5	69.3-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	36	32.5	20.7-47.2	93	67.5	52.8-79.3
$50,000+	181	46	27.5	20.5-35.8	135	72.5	64.2-79.5

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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
-Orange County	359	97	29.1	23.0-36.0	262	70.9	64.0-77.0
GENDER
Male	133	40	33.3	23.5-44.9	93	66.7	55.1-76.5
Female	226	57	24.8	18.6-32.2	169	75.2	67.8-81.4
RACE
White	308	83	26.5	21.2-32.7	225	73.5	67.3-78.8
Other	48	12	40.6	19.8-65.5	36	59.4	34.5-80.2
AGE
18-44	117	17	20.0	10.5-34.7	100	80.0	65.3-89.5
45+	239	79	36.2	29.2-43.9	160	63.8	56.1-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	69	26	46.2	29.1-64.3	43	53.8	35.7-70.9
Some College +	289	71	24.5	19.2-30.7	218	75.5	69.3-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	36	32.5	20.7-47.2	93	67.5	52.8-79.3
$50,000+	181	46	27.5	20.5-35.8	135	72.5	64.2-79.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Cholesterol Awareness

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that your blood cholesterol is high?