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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,356 967 41.5 38.8-44.3 1,389 58.5 55.7-61.2
-Forsyth County 55 21 38.7 25.7-53.5 34 61.3 46.5-74.3
GENDER
Male 17 7 38.4 17.7-64.3 10 61.6 35.7-82.3
Female 38 14 38.8 23.9-56.3 24 61.2 43.7-76.1
RACE
White 44 18 44.6 29.5-60.8 26 55.4 39.2-70.5
Other 11 3 20.2 5.7-51.5 8 79.8 48.5-94.3
AGE
18-44 4 2 35.4 6.5-81.3 2 64.6 18.7-93.5
45+ 51 19 39.1 25.7-54.4 32 60.9 45.6-74.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 8 38.1 19.4-61.1 13 61.9 38.9-80.6
Some College + 34 13 39.0 22.8-58.1 21 61.0 41.9-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 25 7 29.5 13.7-52.4 18 70.5 47.6-86.3
$50,000+ 25 12 49.8 30.1-69.6 13 50.2 30.4-69.9

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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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