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Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 10,078 | 8,430 | 79.2 | 77.9-80.5 | 875 | 10.8 | 9.8-11.8 | 489 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.6 | 284 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 3,716 | 3,067 | 77.3 | 75.0-79.3 | 324 | 11.2 | 9.7-13.0 | 200 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.1 | 125 | 3.9 | 3.1- 5.0 |
Female | 6,362 | 5,363 | 80.9 | 79.2-82.5 | 551 | 10.3 | 9.1-11.7 | 289 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.2 | 159 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 7,857 | 6,524 | 78.3 | 76.8-79.8 | 698 | 10.9 | 9.9-12.1 | 394 | 6.9 | 6.0- 8.0 | 241 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.6 |
African American | 1,561 | 1,379 | 83.7 | 80.4-86.6 | 109 | 10.1 | 7.7-13.1 | 49 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 | 24 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 |
Native American | 217 | 175 | 79.2 | 69.2-86.5 | 22 | 8.5 | 4.7-14.8 | 13 | 10.3 | 4.8-20.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 370 | 284 | 71.9 | 63.1-79.2 | 42 | 12.2 | 7.2-19.9 | 32 | 12.9 | 7.6-21.0 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 327 | 246 | 70.2 | 61.1-77.9 | 39 | 13.3 | 8.0-21.3 | 31 | 13.0 | 7.7-21.3 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.9 |
-English Speaking | 190 | 153 | 77.3 | 66.7-85.2 | 16 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.1 | 17 | 11.8 | 6.5-20.5 | *** | *** | *** |
-Spanish Speaking | 137 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 9,721 | 8,157 | 79.6 | 78.2-80.9 | 833 | 10.7 | 9.7-11.7 | 458 | 6.5 | 5.7- 7.3 | 273 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 842 | 555 | 65.1 | 60.8-69.1 | 139 | 16.7 | 13.7-20.2 | 109 | 13.6 | 10.9-17.0 | 39 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.8 |
35-44 | 1,306 | 932 | 70.9 | 67.1-74.4 | 201 | 16.2 | 13.3-19.5 | 109 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.3 | 64 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.9 |
45-54 | 1,885 | 1,498 | 79.9 | 77.2-82.3 | 191 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.7 | 115 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.9 | 81 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 |
55-64 | 2,332 | 1,993 | 85.0 | 82.6-87.1 | 177 | 7.8 | 6.3- 9.7 | 101 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.7 | 61 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.2 |
65-74 | 2,026 | 1,883 | 93.8 | 92.1-95.2 | 95 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.5 | 27 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 | 21 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.5 |
75+ | 1,564 | 1,462 | 94.1 | 92.2-95.6 | 63 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 | 23 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.9 | 16 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,138 | 1,009 | 83.4 | 79.0-87.0 | 67 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.4 | 37 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.3 | 25 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,813 | 2,413 | 81.7 | 79.2-84.0 | 198 | 8.7 | 7.1-10.7 | 126 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.0 | 76 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,577 | 2,136 | 78.8 | 76.0-81.2 | 220 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.2 | 136 | 7.0 | 5.5- 8.8 | 85 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.5 |
College Graduate | 3,528 | 2,853 | 75.3 | 73.0-77.4 | 390 | 14.0 | 12.4-15.9 | 187 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.6 | 98 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,104 | 947 | 79.8 | 75.3-83.7 | 65 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.4 | 47 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.2 | 45 | 4.7 | 3.2- 7.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,633 | 1,346 | 75.4 | 71.4-79.0 | 136 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.2 | 87 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.4 | 64 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 988 | 824 | 79.9 | 75.3-83.8 | 77 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.5 | 57 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.6 | 30 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,259 | 1,045 | 79.7 | 76.1-82.9 | 117 | 10.4 | 8.1-13.1 | 56 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 | 41 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,250 | 1,033 | 79.0 | 75.1-82.3 | 123 | 11.7 | 9.1-14.8 | 67 | 7.2 | 5.2-10.0 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 |
$75,000+ | 2,134 | 1,726 | 78.7 | 75.9-81.2 | 242 | 13.1 | 11.0-15.5 | 119 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.6 | 47 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 3,108 | 2,750 | 84.4 | 82.0-86.5 | 189 | 7.6 | 6.2- 9.3 | 100 | 5.1 | 3.7- 6.8 | 69 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.1 |
No | 6,506 | 5,292 | 77.6 | 76.0-79.2 | 647 | 11.7 | 10.5-13.1 | 366 | 7.4 | 6.4- 8.5 | 201 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,473 | 1,311 | 84.1 | 80.8-87.0 | 93 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.6 | 40 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.1 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 |
Non-Veteran | 8,602 | 7,117 | 78.4 | 76.9-79.9 | 781 | 11.0 | 10.0-12.2 | 449 | 7.2 | 6.3- 8.2 | 255 | 3.3 | 2.8- 4.0 |
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Asked of those who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
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