BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	681	246	31.9	28.1-36.0	435	68.1	64.0-71.9
GENDER
Male	259	98	33.5	27.4-40.1	161	66.5	59.9-72.6
Female	422	148	30.3	25.8-35.3	274	69.7	64.7-74.2
RACE
White	538	201	33.6	29.3-38.1	337	66.4	61.9-70.7
Other	141	44	26.3	18.8-35.5	97	73.7	64.5-81.2
AGE
18-44	289	75	22.2	17.4-27.9	214	77.8	72.1-82.6
45+	390	170	42.8	37.4-48.4	220	57.2	51.6-62.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	57	34.3	26.1-43.6	81	65.7	56.4-73.9
Some College +	542	189	31.4	27.1-35.9	353	68.6	64.1-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	87	26.6	21.0-33.1	154	73.4	66.9-79.0
$50,000+	350	124	33.9	28.6-39.7	226	66.1	60.3-71.4

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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
-Wake County	681	246	31.9	28.1-36.0	435	68.1	64.0-71.9
GENDER
Male	259	98	33.5	27.4-40.1	161	66.5	59.9-72.6
Female	422	148	30.3	25.8-35.3	274	69.7	64.7-74.2
RACE
White	538	201	33.6	29.3-38.1	337	66.4	61.9-70.7
Other	141	44	26.3	18.8-35.5	97	73.7	64.5-81.2
AGE
18-44	289	75	22.2	17.4-27.9	214	77.8	72.1-82.6
45+	390	170	42.8	37.4-48.4	220	57.2	51.6-62.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	138	57	34.3	26.1-43.6	81	65.7	56.4-73.9
Some College +	542	189	31.4	27.1-35.9	353	68.6	64.1-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	87	26.6	21.0-33.1	154	73.4	66.9-79.0
$50,000+	350	124	33.9	28.6-39.7	226	66.1	60.3-71.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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