BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Forsyth County	168	143	79.8	69.4-87.3	25	20.2	12.7-30.6
GENDER
Male	56	48	83.7	68.9-92.2	8	16.3	7.8-31.1
Female	112	95	77.1	62.3-87.3	17	22.9	12.7-37.7
RACE
White	120	105	85.3	75.5-91.6	15	14.7	8.4-24.5
Other	47	37	69.4	48.1-84.8	10	30.6	15.2-51.9
AGE
18-44	17	9	41.3	15.9-72.4	8	58.7	27.6-84.1
45+	151	134	86.2	77.8-91.7	17	13.8	8.3-22.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	68	83.5	69.4-91.9	11	16.5	8.1-30.6
Some College +	89	75	75.9	59.8-86.9	14	24.1	13.1-40.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	86	80.7	68.7-88.8	17	19.3	11.2-31.3
$50,000+	37	31	68.5	43.1-86.2	6	31.5	13.8-56.9

*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Forsyth County	168	143	79.8	69.4-87.3	25	20.2	12.7-30.6
GENDER
Male	56	48	83.7	68.9-92.2	8	16.3	7.8-31.1
Female	112	95	77.1	62.3-87.3	17	22.9	12.7-37.7
RACE
White	120	105	85.3	75.5-91.6	15	14.7	8.4-24.5
Other	47	37	69.4	48.1-84.8	10	30.6	15.2-51.9
AGE
18-44	17	9	41.3	15.9-72.4	8	58.7	27.6-84.1
45+	151	134	86.2	77.8-91.7	17	13.8	8.3-22.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	68	83.5	69.4-91.9	11	16.5	8.1-30.6
Some College +	89	75	75.9	59.8-86.9	14	24.1	13.1-40.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	86	80.7	68.7-88.8	17	19.3	11.2-31.3
$50,000+	37	31	68.5	43.1-86.2	6	31.5	13.8-56.9