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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,326 1,128 6.5 6.0- 7.0 7,858 47.7 46.7-48.8 4,172 25.4 24.5-26.4 369 2.1 1.8- 2.4 2,799 18.2 17.4-19.1
-Forsyth County 434 35 7.2 4.9-10.4 234 53.8 47.8-59.8 101 21.8 17.3-27.0 7 2.1 0.7- 6.1 57 15.1 10.8-20.7
GENDER
Male 139 9 5.7 2.7-11.4 71 51.9 41.4-62.2 32 21.0 13.6-30.9 4 4.0 1.1-13.3 23 17.5 10.4-28.0
Female 295 26 8.4 5.5-12.6 163 55.4 48.6-62.0 69 22.4 17.5-28.2 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 34 13.2 8.6-19.7
RACE
White 324 24 6.3 4.0- 9.8 193 60.6 53.7-67.1 65 18.7 14.1-24.4 5 2.1 0.5- 8.2 37 12.3 8.3-17.9
Other 108 11 9.8 5.0-18.2 40 35.4 25.2-47.2 36 30.6 20.6-42.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 20 22.9 12.8-37.6
AGE
18-44 146 14 6.9 3.8-12.2 77 52.3 41.8-62.5 29 18.5 11.7-28.2 2 3.1 0.7-13.1 24 19.2 11.6-30.2
45+ 286 21 7.5 4.6-11.9 157 55.5 48.9-61.8 70 24.3 19.2-30.2 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 33 11.5 8.0-16.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 9 5.2 2.3-11.1 65 40.1 30.3-50.6 41 26.3 17.8-37.0 3 3.7 0.8-15.7 30 24.9 15.6-37.1
Some College + 286 26 8.4 5.5-12.6 169 62.0 55.3-68.4 60 19.1 14.5-24.7 4 1.2 0.4- 3.7 27 9.3 6.1-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 19 7.8 4.6-12.9 104 48.8 40.0-57.7 53 22.0 15.7-30.0 4 3.4 0.9-12.3 33 17.9 11.2-27.4
$50,000+ 159 15 8.8 5.0-15.1 95 59.1 49.9-67.7 34 22.8 15.6-32.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 14 8.8 4.9-15.3

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^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.

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