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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.^
Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 9,149 74.4 73.0-75.9 1,210 13.0 12.0-14.2 775 8.4 7.5- 9.4 394 4.1 3.4- 4.9
-Orange County 327 258 73.8 67.2-79.5 41 13.1 9.2-18.4 17 8.3 4.9-13.7 11 4.8 2.4- 9.1
GENDER
Male 128 95 71.5 61.2-79.9 19 11.4 7.1-18.0 9 11.6 5.9-21.5 5 5.5 2.0-14.1
Female 199 163 75.7 66.7-82.9 22 14.5 8.9-22.9 8 5.6 2.4-12.6 6 4.2 1.7- 9.7
RACE
White 271 215 76.1 69.3-81.8 32 10.4 7.2-14.8 15 8.6 4.9-14.6 9 4.9 2.3-10.1
Other 52 40 67.3 49.7-81.1 8 20.2 9.5-37.8 2 7.8 2.0-26.5 2 4.7 1.1-17.2
AGE
18-44 74 50 62.6 49.2-74.3 12 15.6 8.3-27.3 7 13.7 6.5-26.7 5 8.1 3.3-18.8
45+ 248 204 80.6 74.1-85.8 28 11.5 7.6-17.1 10 5.1 2.6- 9.6 6 2.8 1.1- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 72 60 75.7 59.3-87.0 7 14.6 5.9-31.9 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 4 8.6 3.0-22.1
Some College + 253 196 73.1 65.7-79.4 34 12.8 8.9-18.2 16 10.4 6.1-17.1 7 3.7 1.6- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 67 69.0 54.6-80.4 12 16.3 8.0-30.3 5 9.7 3.8-22.6 3 5.1 1.5-16.2
$50,000+ 190 153 76.0 67.6-82.8 23 12.9 8.3-19.5 11 9.4 4.8-17.5 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1

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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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