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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 369 172 43.4 36.6-50.5 197 56.6 49.5-63.4
GENDER
Male 135 69 48.0 37.9-58.3 66 52.0 41.7-62.1
Female 234 103 40.4 31.6-49.9 131 59.6 50.1-68.4
RACE
White 320 148 43.0 35.9-50.4 172 57.0 49.6-64.1
Other 47 23 45.1 26.5-65.3 24 54.9 34.7-73.5
AGE
18-44 61 15 24.2 12.8-40.9 46 75.8 59.1-87.2
45+ 303 155 52.8 46.1-59.5 148 47.2 40.5-53.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 109 56 49.9 37.1-62.6 53 50.1 37.4-62.9
Some College + 260 116 40.9 33.2-49.1 144 59.1 50.9-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 80 51.3 40.5-62.0 71 48.7 38.0-59.5
$50,000+ 166 71 42.0 32.3-52.3 95 58.0 47.7-67.7

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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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