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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth County

Substance Abuse

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,967 101 2.1 1.6- 2.7 5,866 97.9 97.3-98.4
Forsyth County 444 8 2.5 1.2- 5.5 436 97.5 94.5-98.8
GENDER
Male 170 6 4.7 2.0-10.5 164 95.3 89.5-98.0
Female 274 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 272 99.6 98.4-99.9
RACE
White 311 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 307 98.5 95.8-99.5
Other 127 4 5.0 1.6-14.0 123 95.0 86.0-98.4
AGE
18-44 187 6 4.3 1.8-10.1 181 95.7 89.9-98.2
45+ 252 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 250 99.1 95.9-99.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 5 3.1 1.2- 8.0 173 96.9 92.0-98.8
Some College + 265 3 2.2 0.6- 7.0 262 97.8 93.0-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 6 3.2 1.2- 8.1 241 96.8 91.9-98.8
$50,000+ 116 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 115 98.6 90.5-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 9 2.4 1.1- 4.8 399 97.6 95.2-98.9
Cumberland 417 10 2.4 1.2- 5.0 407 97.6 95.0-98.8
Durham 387 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 384 98.9 96.2-99.7
Gaston 445 11 3.3 1.8- 6.2 434 96.7 93.8-98.2
Guilford 394 9 3.4 1.7- 6.9 385 96.6 93.1-98.3
Mecklenburg 419 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 414 98.5 96.3-99.4
New Hanover 391 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7 387 98.1 94.3-99.4
Onslow 420 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 414 99.0 97.6-99.6
Wake 409 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2 402 98.1 95.8-99.2
Western NC 599 11 2.7 1.3- 5.4 588 97.3 94.6-98.7
Piedmont NC 642 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 636 98.9 97.4-99.5
Eastern NC 592 12 2.8 1.5- 5.4 580 97.2 94.6-98.5

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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