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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Forsyth County 447 20 4.3 2.6- 7.2 24 3.9 2.5- 6.0 21 4.3 2.6- 7.0 382 87.5 83.7-90.6
GENDER
Male 146 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 12 5.3 2.8- 9.5 8 5.4 2.5-11.0 119 84.7 77.3-90.0
Female 301 13 4.1 2.3- 7.2 12 2.7 1.4- 5.0 13 3.4 1.9- 6.1 263 89.8 85.8-92.8
RACE
White 334 14 4.8 2.6- 8.7 18 4.0 2.4- 6.5 12 2.8 1.5- 5.1 290 88.5 84.1-91.8
Other 111 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 6 3.7 1.5- 8.8 9 8.3 3.9-16.7 90 84.8 75.9-90.8
AGE
18-44 149 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 4 1.7 0.6- 5.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8 141 96.9 93.2-98.6
45+ 296 18 7.7 4.6-12.8 20 5.8 3.6- 9.2 19 7.4 4.5-12.1 239 79.1 73.0-84.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 4 3.6 1.1-10.7 14 6.5 3.6-11.5 18 10.5 6.2-17.4 119 79.4 70.9-86.0
Some College + 292 16 4.8 2.8- 8.2 10 2.3 1.2- 4.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 263 92.3 88.6-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 12 5.7 2.9-10.8 18 5.4 3.2- 9.0 14 6.3 3.4-11.4 177 82.6 76.0-87.7
$50,000+ 162 5 2.6 1.0- 6.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 153 95.6 91.3-97.8

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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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