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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,741 4,434 63.7 61.9-65.5 1,210 16.2 14.9-17.5 1,097 20.2 18.6-21.9
Forsyth County 465 327 66.4 60.8-71.5 79 16.1 12.7-20.2 59 17.5 13.2-23.0
GENDER
Male 179 113 58.4 49.6-66.6 25 13.8 9.2-20.3 41 27.8 20.2-36.9
Female 286 214 74.1 67.5-79.7 54 18.2 13.7-23.9 18 7.7 4.4-13.3
RACE
White 345 250 68.7 62.1-74.6 55 14.6 11.0-19.3 40 16.7 11.6-23.3
Other 116 74 60.1 49.3-70.0 24 20.7 13.5-30.4 18 19.2 11.8-29.7
AGE
18-44 199 131 60.3 51.6-68.4 27 14.2 9.4-20.8 41 25.5 18.2-34.5
45+ 261 192 72.1 65.3-77.9 51 18.0 13.5-23.7 18 9.9 6.1-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 124 56.7 47.8-65.1 40 18.8 13.4-25.7 31 24.5 16.8-34.3
Some College + 269 202 74.4 67.9-80.0 39 13.9 9.8-19.3 28 11.7 7.8-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 141 56.3 47.8-64.4 41 17.8 12.7-24.3 39 26.0 18.3-35.4
$50,000+ 141 116 81.4 73.0-87.7 17 12.2 7.4-19.6 8 6.3 2.9-13.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 271 64.0 58.4-69.2 72 15.9 12.4-20.2 71 20.1 15.9-25.2
Guilford 425 269 61.0 55.0-66.7 96 21.2 16.9-26.3 60 17.7 13.3-23.3
Henderson/Transylvania 475 318 63.2 57.2-68.7 83 15.6 12.1-19.7 74 21.3 16.5-27.0
Mecklenburg 448 294 60.6 54.5-66.4 85 16.0 12.4-20.5 69 23.4 17.9-29.9
Orange 441 280 61.3 54.7-67.5 71 15.2 11.5-19.9 90 23.5 18.7-29.1
Pitt 417 271 61.6 55.3-67.6 64 13.7 10.4-17.8 82 24.7 19.1-31.4
Randolph 432 288 63.7 57.1-69.9 77 18.0 13.5-23.6 67 18.2 13.8-23.8
Robeson 445 266 56.9 50.7-62.8 94 15.6 12.4-19.4 85 27.5 21.7-34.2
Wake 430 283 63.5 58.0-68.7 59 12.7 9.6-16.6 88 23.8 19.2-29.1
Western NC 659 440 65.4 60.9-69.6 122 17.1 14.2-20.5 97 17.5 14.0-21.6
Piedmont NC 888 614 67.2 63.1-71.0 156 15.8 13.2-18.9 118 17.0 13.9-20.6
Eastern NC 802 513 61.1 56.9-65.3 152 16.7 14.0-19.8 137 22.1 18.4-26.3

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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