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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,843 1,399 75.4 72.7-77.9 444 24.6 22.1-27.3
-Forsyth County 57 43 78.8 65.5-87.9 14 21.2 12.1-34.5
GENDER
Male 17 16 96.5 78.3-99.5 1 3.5 0.5-21.7
Female 40 27 67.2 49.5-81.1 13 32.8 18.9-50.5
RACE
White 34 28 87.1 72.6-94.5 6 12.9 5.5-27.4
Other 23 15 68.4 45.3-85.0 8 31.6 15.0-54.7
AGE
18-44 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 52 38 77.2 63.2-87.0 14 22.8 13.0-36.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 22 83.9 62.7-94.2 5 16.1 5.8-37.3
Some College + 30 21 72.6 53.6-85.8 9 27.4 14.2-46.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 28 81.1 63.3-91.4 8 18.9 8.6-36.7
$50,000+ 12 8 69.9 40.0-89.0 4 30.1 11.0-60.0

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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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