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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,712 | 2,352 | 37.0 | 35.5-38.5 | 3,360 | 63.0 | 61.5-64.5 |
Region 9 & 10 | 812 | 363 | 40.6 | 36.3-44.9 | 449 | 59.4 | 55.1-63.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 323 | 144 | 40.6 | 34.0-47.5 | 179 | 59.4 | 52.5-66.0 |
Female | 489 | 219 | 40.5 | 35.1-46.2 | 270 | 59.5 | 53.8-64.9 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 533 | 240 | 40.5 | 35.3-46.0 | 293 | 59.5 | 54.0-64.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 224 | 104 | 42.7 | 35.0-50.8 | 120 | 57.3 | 49.2-65.0 |
Other | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 166 | 32 | 17.2 | 11.3-25.3 | 134 | 82.8 | 74.7-88.7 |
44-64 | 352 | 165 | 49.9 | 43.7-56.0 | 187 | 50.1 | 44.0-56.3 |
65+ | 286 | 163 | 57.8 | 50.7-64.5 | 123 | 42.2 | 35.5-49.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 333 | 166 | 44.4 | 37.6-51.4 | 167 | 55.6 | 48.6-62.4 |
Some College + | 477 | 197 | 37.6 | 32.3-43.2 | 280 | 62.4 | 56.8-67.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 375 | 176 | 42.0 | 35.8-48.5 | 199 | 58.0 | 51.5-64.2 |
$50,000+ | 266 | 115 | 40.0 | 32.7-47.8 | 151 | 60.0 | 52.2-67.3 |
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*Asked of respondents 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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