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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Cholesterol Awareness

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

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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
-Wake County 548 210 36.1 31.1-41.5 338 63.9 58.5-68.9
GENDER
Male 203 86 41.1 32.7-50.2 117 58.9 49.8-67.3
Female 345 124 31.6 26.3-37.4 221 68.4 62.6-73.7
RACE
White 431 164 34.8 29.3-40.8 267 65.2 59.2-70.7
Other 113 46 41.6 30.6-53.4 67 58.4 46.6-69.4
AGE
18-44 179 46 27.9 20.2-37.1 133 72.1 62.9-79.8
45+ 360 164 45.6 39.9-51.5 196 54.4 48.5-60.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 54 56.2 43.3-68.4 52 43.8 31.6-56.7
Some College + 442 156 31.9 26.9-37.4 286 68.1 62.6-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 57 33.9 25.6-43.3 91 66.1 56.7-74.4
$50,000+ 322 117 33.9 27.8-40.5 205 66.1 59.5-72.2

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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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