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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,824 455 26.4 23.9-29.0 1,369 73.6 71.0-76.1
-Forsyth County 57 14 25.6 15.0-40.0 43 74.4 60.0-85.0
GENDER
Male 17 4 24.0 8.9-50.4 13 76.0 49.6-91.1
Female 40 10 26.6 14.1-44.5 30 73.4 55.5-85.9
RACE
White 34 10 30.5 16.4-49.5 24 69.5 50.5-83.6
Other 23 4 19.4 6.9-43.7 19 80.6 56.3-93.1
AGE
18-44 4 2 41.7 7.9-85.5 2 58.3 14.5-92.1
45+ 52 12 24.5 13.8-39.7 40 75.5 60.3-86.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 7 29.8 14.4-51.6 20 70.2 48.4-85.6
Some College + 30 7 20.5 9.5-38.8 23 79.5 61.2-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 10 29.4 15.6-48.3 26 70.6 51.7-84.4
$50,000+ 12 2 14.4 3.3-45.1 10 85.6 54.9-96.7

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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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