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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,120 964 4.3 3.9- 4.6 16,156 95.7 95.4-96.1
-Forsyth County 457 28 5.7 3.6- 8.7 429 94.3 91.3-96.4
GENDER
Male 149 14 8.2 4.5-14.6 135 91.8 85.4-95.5
Female 308 14 3.6 2.0- 6.4 294 96.4 93.6-98.0
RACE
White 341 22 5.6 3.4- 9.0 319 94.4 91.0-96.6
Other 114 6 6.1 2.4-14.3 108 93.9 85.7-97.6
AGE
18-44 152 0 0.0 . - . 152 100 . - .
45+ 303 28 10.8 7.0-16.1 275 89.2 83.9-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 16 9.8 5.4-17.1 145 90.2 82.9-94.6
Some College + 296 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 284 96.8 94.1-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 18 7.8 4.4-13.6 207 92.2 86.4-95.6
$50,000+ 164 6 3.2 1.4- 7.4 158 96.8 92.6-98.6

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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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