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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell County

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,627 5,202 40.0 38.5-41.4 6,425 60.0 58.6-61.5
-Iredell County 389 183 38.0 32.1-44.3 206 62.0 55.7-67.9
GENDER
Male 150 73 37.4 28.1-47.9 77 62.6 52.1-71.9
Female 239 110 38.5 31.6-45.9 129 61.5 54.1-68.4
RACE
White 338 159 39.0 32.4-46.0 179 61.0 54.0-67.6
Other 50 24 33.9 21.2-49.5 26 66.1 50.5-78.8
AGE
18-44 97 21 19.0 11.8-29.1 76 81.0 70.9-88.2
45+ 291 161 53.0 46.5-59.4 130 47.0 40.6-53.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 90 39.1 30.7-48.1 85 60.9 51.9-69.3
Some College + 214 93 37.2 29.2-46.0 121 62.8 54.0-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 87 33.2 24.8-42.7 98 66.8 57.3-75.2
$50,000+ 139 60 39.6 30.8-49.0 79 60.4 51.0-69.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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