BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	629	511	73.7	68.1-78.7	118	26.3	21.3-31.9
GENDER
Male	234	189	73.9	64.5-81.5	45	26.1	18.5-35.5
Female	395	322	73.6	67.2-79.2	73	26.4	20.8-32.8
RACE
White	392	333	78.4	71.1-84.3	59	21.6	15.7-28.9
Other	234	175	65.4	56.3-73.5	59	34.6	26.5-43.7
AGE
18-44	232	152	60.9	51.6-69.4	80	39.1	30.6-48.4
45+	392	354	87.5	82.5-91.3	38	12.5	8.7-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	365	276	65.5	57.9-72.3	89	34.5	27.7-42.1
Some College +	264	235	87.4	81.0-91.9	29	12.6	8.1-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	412	329	72.5	66.2-78.0	83	27.5	22.0-33.8
$50,000+	131	118	89.5	81.5-94.3	13	10.5	5.7-18.5

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	629	511	73.7	68.1-78.7	118	26.3	21.3-31.9
GENDER
Male	234	189	73.9	64.5-81.5	45	26.1	18.5-35.5
Female	395	322	73.6	67.2-79.2	73	26.4	20.8-32.8
RACE
White	392	333	78.4	71.1-84.3	59	21.6	15.7-28.9
Other	234	175	65.4	56.3-73.5	59	34.6	26.5-43.7
AGE
18-44	232	152	60.9	51.6-69.4	80	39.1	30.6-48.4
45+	392	354	87.5	82.5-91.3	38	12.5	8.7-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	365	276	65.5	57.9-72.3	89	34.5	27.7-42.1
Some College +	264	235	87.4	81.0-91.9	29	12.6	8.1-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	412	329	72.5	66.2-78.0	83	27.5	22.0-33.8
$50,000+	131	118	89.5	81.5-94.3	13	10.5	5.7-18.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Cholesterol Awareness

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