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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth County

Substance Abuse

Has any close family member received treatment for a substance abuse problem?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,905 868 14.2 12.8-15.7 5,037 85.8 84.3-87.2
Forsyth County 438 65 15.1 11.7-19.3 373 84.9 80.7-88.3
GENDER
Male 166 19 12.8 8.1-19.7 147 87.2 80.3-91.9
Female 272 46 17.3 12.9-22.8 226 82.7 77.2-87.1
RACE
White 308 42 14.7 10.7-19.8 266 85.3 80.2-89.3
Other 124 21 15.3 9.6-23.4 103 84.7 76.6-90.4
AGE
18-44 184 33 17.7 12.3-24.7 151 82.3 75.3-87.7
45+ 249 31 12.7 8.9-17.9 218 87.3 82.1-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 19 11.0 6.7-17.6 155 89.0 82.4-93.3
Some College + 263 46 17.7 13.1-23.5 217 82.3 76.5-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 38 15.9 11.2-22.0 204 84.1 78.0-88.8
$50,000+ 117 22 18.7 12.4-27.2 95 81.3 72.8-87.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 63 16.8 12.8-21.6 339 83.2 78.4-87.2
Cumberland 411 53 12.6 8.8-17.9 358 87.4 82.1-91.2
Durham 384 63 18.2 12.8-25.2 321 81.8 74.8-87.2
Gaston 440 61 13.4 10.2-17.5 379 86.6 82.5-89.8
Guilford 390 66 15.8 12.1-20.4 324 84.2 79.6-87.9
Mecklenburg 410 62 15.3 11.7-19.9 348 84.7 80.1-88.3
New Hanover 384 75 17.2 13.3-21.8 309 82.8 78.2-86.7
Onslow 416 65 19.9 13.8-27.7 351 80.1 72.3-86.2
Wake 407 49 10.6 7.7-14.3 358 89.4 85.7-92.3
Western NC 595 69 11.6 8.9-14.9 526 88.4 85.1-91.1
Piedmont NC 641 96 15.8 12.3-20.0 545 84.2 80.0-87.7
Eastern NC 587 81 13.0 10.1-16.6 506 87.0 83.4-89.9

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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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