BRFSS 2005 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	360	143	36.4	31.0-42.2	217	63.6	57.8-69.0
GENDER
Male	125	56	42.5	33.3-52.2	69	57.5	47.8-66.7
Female	235	87	31.0	25.0-37.8	148	69.0	62.2-75.0
RACE
White	249	102	36.8	30.3-43.8	147	63.2	56.2-69.7
Other	111	41	35.5	26.0-46.3	70	64.5	53.7-74.0
AGE
18-44	126	32	22.1	15.2-31.1	94	77.9	68.9-84.8
45+	231	110	48.4	41.1-55.8	121	51.6	44.2-58.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	63	44.5	34.9-54.5	67	55.5	45.5-65.1
Some College +	229	79	32.2	25.8-39.4	150	67.8	60.6-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	68	30.9	23.9-38.8	123	69.1	61.2-76.1
$50,000+	128	55	42.2	33.1-51.9	73	57.8	48.1-66.9

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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
-Pitt County	360	143	36.4	31.0-42.2	217	63.6	57.8-69.0
GENDER
Male	125	56	42.5	33.3-52.2	69	57.5	47.8-66.7
Female	235	87	31.0	25.0-37.8	148	69.0	62.2-75.0
RACE
White	249	102	36.8	30.3-43.8	147	63.2	56.2-69.7
Other	111	41	35.5	26.0-46.3	70	64.5	53.7-74.0
AGE
18-44	126	32	22.1	15.2-31.1	94	77.9	68.9-84.8
45+	231	110	48.4	41.1-55.8	121	51.6	44.2-58.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	63	44.5	34.9-54.5	67	55.5	45.5-65.1
Some College +	229	79	32.2	25.8-39.4	150	67.8	60.6-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	68	30.9	23.9-38.8	123	69.1	61.2-76.1
$50,000+	128	55	42.2	33.1-51.9	73	57.8	48.1-66.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

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