BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	372	152	36.9	31.3-42.8	220	63.1	57.2-68.7
GENDER
Male	125	48	32.0	23.4-42.0	77	68.0	58.0-76.6
Female	247	104	41.2	34.7-48.0	143	58.8	52.0-65.3
RACE
White	321	129	36.3	30.5-42.6	192	63.7	57.4-69.5
Other	48	22	39.6	24.4-57.2	26	60.4	42.8-75.6
AGE
18-44	93	25	21.8	14.2-32.0	68	78.2	68.0-85.8
45+	279	127	45.3	38.6-52.0	152	54.7	48.0-61.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	89	38.5	30.9-46.7	110	61.5	53.3-69.1
Some College +	173	63	35.0	27.2-43.8	110	65.0	56.2-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	230	101	38.4	31.1-46.2	129	61.6	53.8-68.9
$50,000+	85	29	36.2	25.8-48.0	56	63.8	52.0-74.2

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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
-Rowan County	372	152	36.9	31.3-42.8	220	63.1	57.2-68.7
GENDER
Male	125	48	32.0	23.4-42.0	77	68.0	58.0-76.6
Female	247	104	41.2	34.7-48.0	143	58.8	52.0-65.3
RACE
White	321	129	36.3	30.5-42.6	192	63.7	57.4-69.5
Other	48	22	39.6	24.4-57.2	26	60.4	42.8-75.6
AGE
18-44	93	25	21.8	14.2-32.0	68	78.2	68.0-85.8
45+	279	127	45.3	38.6-52.0	152	54.7	48.0-61.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	89	38.5	30.9-46.7	110	61.5	53.3-69.1
Some College +	173	63	35.0	27.2-43.8	110	65.0	56.2-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	230	101	38.4	31.1-46.2	129	61.6	53.8-68.9
$50,000+	85	29	36.2	25.8-48.0	56	63.8	52.0-74.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Cholesterol Awareness

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