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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%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,669 | 4,598 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.2 | 578 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.4 | 352 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.8 | 141 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.3 |
Region 9 & 10 | 809 | 690 | 83.0 | 79.1-86.4 | 63 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.6 | 38 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.4 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 323 | 269 | 81.2 | 74.7-86.3 | 33 | 13.6 | 9.0-20.1 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Female | 486 | 421 | 84.6 | 79.4-88.7 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 | 24 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.4 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 531 | 444 | 82.0 | 77.1-86.1 | 47 | 10.1 | 7.1-14.1 | 29 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.6 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 223 | 199 | 85.0 | 76.4-90.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-44 | 163 | 114 | 69.5 | 59.9-77.7 | 30 | 19.6 | 12.9-28.8 | 13 | 8.0 | 4.0-15.1 | *** | *** | *** |
44-64 | 352 | 304 | 87.7 | 83.4-91.0 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.3 | 19 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.1 | *** | *** | *** |
65+ | 284 | 263 | 93.9 | 89.9-96.4 | 13 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 336 | 284 | 83.3 | 77.1-88.1 | 29 | 11.2 | 7.0-17.4 | 15 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Some College + | 470 | 404 | 83.0 | 77.5-87.4 | 34 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.7 | 22 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 374 | 305 | 80.6 | 74.5-85.6 | 32 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.3 | 25 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.7 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.2 |
$50,000+ | 266 | 234 | 85.9 | 78.9-90.8 | 21 | 8.3 | 4.8-13.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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*Asked of those who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
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