BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (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
-Pitt County	427	362	74.9	67.7-80.9	65	25.1	19.1-32.3
GENDER
Male	159	126	68.6	57.0-78.3	33	31.4	21.7-43.0
Female	268	236	81.6	73.8-87.4	32	18.4	12.6-26.2
RACE
White	281	251	84.6	78.2-89.4	30	15.4	10.6-21.8
Other	146	111	59.8	46.9-71.4	35	40.2	28.6-53.1
AGE
18-44	171	126	63.1	52.2-72.7	45	36.9	27.3-47.8
45+	253	233	88.3	81.3-92.9	20	11.7	7.1-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	167	131	60.7	48.3-71.8	36	39.3	28.2-51.7
Some College +	258	230	85.4	78.8-90.2	28	14.6	9.8-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	236	192	71.3	62.6-78.7	44	28.7	21.3-37.4
$50,000+	140	128	87.2	77.5-93.1	12	12.8	6.9-22.5

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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	16,780	13,877	74.7	73.6-75.7	2,903	25.3	24.3-26.4
-Pitt County	427	362	74.9	67.7-80.9	65	25.1	19.1-32.3
GENDER
Male	159	126	68.6	57.0-78.3	33	31.4	21.7-43.0
Female	268	236	81.6	73.8-87.4	32	18.4	12.6-26.2
RACE
White	281	251	84.6	78.2-89.4	30	15.4	10.6-21.8
Other	146	111	59.8	46.9-71.4	35	40.2	28.6-53.1
AGE
18-44	171	126	63.1	52.2-72.7	45	36.9	27.3-47.8
45+	253	233	88.3	81.3-92.9	20	11.7	7.1-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	167	131	60.7	48.3-71.8	36	39.3	28.2-51.7
Some College +	258	230	85.4	78.8-90.2	28	14.6	9.8-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	236	192	71.3	62.6-78.7	44	28.7	21.3-37.4
$50,000+	140	128	87.2	77.5-93.1	12	12.8	6.9-22.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

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