BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	332	147	41.9	35.5-48.6	185	58.1	51.4-64.5
GENDER
Male	110	49	41.0	30.7-52.2	61	59.0	47.8-69.3
Female	222	98	42.7	35.5-50.2	124	57.3	49.8-64.5
RACE
White	147	74	46.7	37.7-55.9	73	53.3	44.1-62.3
Other	184	73	39.6	31.0-48.9	111	60.4	51.1-69.0
AGE
18-44	99	27	27.3	17.3-40.3	72	72.7	59.7-82.7
45+	230	120	51.3	43.6-59.0	110	48.7	41.0-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	88	45.8	37.1-54.9	101	54.2	45.1-62.9
Some College +	142	58	36.0	27.3-45.6	84	64.0	54.4-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	243	109	42.5	35.0-50.4	134	57.5	49.6-65.0
$50,000+	45	19	41.1	26.1-58.0	26	58.9	42.0-73.9

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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
-Robeson County	332	147	41.9	35.5-48.6	185	58.1	51.4-64.5
GENDER
Male	110	49	41.0	30.7-52.2	61	59.0	47.8-69.3
Female	222	98	42.7	35.5-50.2	124	57.3	49.8-64.5
RACE
White	147	74	46.7	37.7-55.9	73	53.3	44.1-62.3
Other	184	73	39.6	31.0-48.9	111	60.4	51.1-69.0
AGE
18-44	99	27	27.3	17.3-40.3	72	72.7	59.7-82.7
45+	230	120	51.3	43.6-59.0	110	48.7	41.0-56.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	88	45.8	37.1-54.9	101	54.2	45.1-62.9
Some College +	142	58	36.0	27.3-45.6	84	64.0	54.4-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	243	109	42.5	35.0-50.4	134	57.5	49.6-65.0
$50,000+	45	19	41.1	26.1-58.0	26	58.9	42.0-73.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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