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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Forsyth County 457 353 71.2 65.1-76.5 44 9.2 6.6-12.7 60 19.7 14.7-25.8
GENDER
Male 149 109 65.0 54.3-74.3 13 9.7 5.4-16.7 27 25.4 16.7-36.6
Female 308 244 76.2 69.5-81.8 31 8.8 6.0-12.7 33 15.0 10.1-21.7
RACE
White 341 271 76.5 70.3-81.8 36 9.8 6.7-14.0 34 13.7 9.4-19.5
Other 114 80 56.9 44.0-68.9 8 7.8 3.6-16.1 26 35.3 23.4-49.4
AGE
18-44 152 96 58.9 48.4-68.6 11 5.5 2.8-10.5 45 35.6 26.2-46.4
45+ 303 255 82.1 76.3-86.6 33 12.5 8.6-17.9 15 5.4 3.2- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 120 64.6 53.0-74.7 14 7.4 4.0-13.4 27 28.0 18.3-40.4
Some College + 296 233 75.1 68.4-80.8 30 10.2 6.8-15.0 33 14.6 10.0-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 167 64.5 55.0-73.1 22 9.3 5.7-14.7 36 26.2 18.0-36.4
$50,000+ 164 136 77.7 68.4-84.9 9 7.0 3.5-13.7 19 15.2 9.2-24.2

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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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