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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth County

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,193 1,543 23.3 21.8-24.9 4,650 76.7 75.1-78.2
Forsyth County 456 115 21.2 17.4-25.6 341 78.8 74.4-82.6
GENDER
Male 177 25 13.2 8.5-20.1 152 86.8 79.9-91.5
Female 279 90 29.2 23.7-35.3 189 70.8 64.7-76.3
RACE
White 317 75 19.4 15.3-24.3 242 80.6 75.7-84.7
Other 132 39 25.7 17.9-35.4 93 74.3 64.6-82.1
AGE
18-44 193 15 7.8 4.1-14.4 178 92.2 85.6-95.9
45+ 258 98 33.8 27.9-40.2 160 66.2 59.8-72.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 60 28.8 21.9-36.8 123 71.2 63.2-78.1
Some College + 271 55 16.5 12.4-21.6 216 83.5 78.4-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 72 24.1 18.6-30.7 179 75.9 69.3-81.4
$50,000+ 121 13 9.4 5.4-16.0 108 90.6 84.0-94.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 424 122 25.2 21.0-29.8 302 74.8 70.2-79.0
Cumberland 429 102 18.7 14.8-23.4 327 81.3 76.6-85.2
Durham 398 79 15.1 11.7-19.4 319 84.9 80.6-88.3
Gaston 467 144 28.0 23.8-32.6 323 72.0 67.4-76.2
Guilford 417 91 18.5 14.9-22.7 326 81.5 77.3-85.1
Mecklenburg 430 70 14.2 11.1-17.9 360 85.8 82.1-88.9
New Hanover 404 99 21.1 16.9-26.0 305 78.9 74.0-83.1
Onslow 435 98 18.4 14.5-22.9 337 81.6 77.1-85.5
Wake 428 56 11.5 8.7-15.0 372 88.5 85.0-91.3
Western NC 616 203 30.3 26.5-34.4 413 69.7 65.6-73.5
Piedmont NC 668 184 26.2 22.5-30.2 484 73.8 69.8-77.5
Eastern NC 621 180 26.6 22.7-30.9 441 73.4 69.1-77.3

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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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