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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford County

Women's Health

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,112 2,892 64.8 62.5-67.1 1,220 35.2 32.9-37.5
Guilford County 269 194 68.3 60.3-75.4 75 31.7 24.6-39.7
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 269 194 68.3 60.3-75.4 75 31.7 24.6-39.7
RACE
White 181 137 75.5 67.7-81.9 44 24.5 18.1-32.3
Other 85 55 55.8 40.4-70.1 30 44.2 29.9-59.6
AGE
18-44 110 49 43.6 32.4-55.5 61 56.4 44.5-67.6
45+ 155 141 92.8 87.4-95.9 14 7.2 4.1-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 86 78.6 68.8-86.0 24 21.4 14.0-31.2
Some College + 159 108 62.1 51.2-71.9 51 37.9 28.1-48.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 129 91 71.7 62.0-79.7 38 28.3 20.3-38.0
$50,000+ 71 52 64.2 45.0-79.8 19 35.8 20.2-55.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 196 73.9 67.2-79.7 58 26.1 20.3-32.8
Forsyth 285 208 68.1 61.2-74.3 77 31.9 25.7-38.8
Henderson/Transylvania 284 217 74.6 67.3-80.7 67 25.4 19.3-32.7
Mecklenburg 287 193 61.6 54.5-68.2 94 38.4 31.8-45.5
Orange 257 165 51.8 40.2-63.2 92 48.2 36.8-59.8
Pitt 257 165 64.0 55.9-71.4 92 36.0 28.6-44.1
Randolph 256 182 65.5 55.7-74.1 74 34.5 25.9-44.3
Robeson 265 195 69.7 62.5-76.1 70 30.3 23.9-37.5
Wake 247 155 56.1 48.7-63.2 92 43.9 36.8-51.3
Western NC 375 272 69.8 64.0-75.1 103 30.2 24.9-36.0
Piedmont NC 561 394 64.8 59.6-69.6 167 35.2 30.4-40.4
Eastern NC 515 356 64.8 59.6-69.7 159 35.2 30.3-40.4

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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