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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Women's Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,711 9,102 92.2 91.1-93.2 609 7.8 6.8- 8.9
-Forsyth County 246 236 91.9 81.0-96.8 10 8.1 3.2-19.0
RACE
White 181 179 96.1 79.7-99.4 2 3.9 0.6-20.3
Other 65 57 83.0 60.1-94.1 8 17.0 5.9-39.9
AGE
18-44 63 59 84.1 61.7-94.5 4 15.9 5.5-38.3
45+ 179 173 97.6 94.6-99.0 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 71 91.9 77.7-97.4 5 8.1 2.6-22.3
Some College + 170 165 92.0 76.2-97.6 5 8.0 2.4-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 114 105 86.3 67.2-95.1 9 13.7 4.9-32.8
$50,000+ 97 96 94.6 70.8-99.2 1 5.4 0.8-29.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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