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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford County

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,698 4,693 67.6 65.8-69.4 706 11.4 10.3-12.7 479 7.6 6.6- 8.7 767 12.5 11.3-13.9 53 0.8 0.5- 1.2
Guilford County 421 303 68.8 62.6-74.3 42 10.3 7.3-14.4 32 10.2 6.4-15.8 41 10.3 6.9-15.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5
GENDER
Male 150 109 68.9 59.3-77.1 15 10.7 6.1-18.1 11 9.4 5.0-17.0 14 10.7 5.7-19.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Female 271 194 68.6 60.4-75.8 27 9.9 6.5-14.8 21 10.9 5.7-20.1 27 9.9 6.1-15.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
RACE
White 279 213 77.2 70.8-82.5 25 9.2 5.8-14.2 15 5.4 3.1- 9.5 24 7.7 4.6-12.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3
Other 138 87 55.3 44.1-65.9 17 12.3 7.1-20.4 17 18.1 9.9-30.9 16 13.9 7.6-24.3 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
AGE
18-44 178 130 64.5 54.6-73.3 21 12.8 7.9-19.9 15 13.1 6.9-23.4 12 9.7 5.0-17.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 237 168 72.8 65.6-78.9 20 7.8 4.7-12.5 17 7.4 4.3-12.5 29 11.2 7.0-17.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 94 53.8 44.4-62.8 21 12.1 7.4-19.2 20 14.5 8.8-23.0 33 18.6 12.1-27.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6
Some College + 250 209 79.2 70.7-85.7 21 9.1 5.5-14.5 12 7.2 3.0-16.2 8 4.5 1.9-10.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 135 62.3 53.7-70.2 23 13.3 8.5-20.3 22 11.9 7.3-18.6 21 11.6 6.7-19.4 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1
$50,000+ 126 109 80.4 66.8-89.3 9 7.5 3.5-15.3 4 8.6 2.4-26.4 4 3.5 1.1-10.5 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 290 68.5 62.8-73.6 42 11.4 8.1-15.8 26 6.4 4.1- 9.7 52 13.0 9.4-17.5 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3
Forsyth 461 360 78.9 74.3-82.9 41 8.5 6.0-11.8 24 5.5 3.5- 8.5 35 7.1 4.9-10.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Henderson/Transylvania 472 333 71.1 65.6-76.1 58 11.8 8.7-15.9 27 6.3 4.0- 9.6 53 10.7 7.6-15.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
Mecklenburg 446 338 69.0 62.9-74.5 38 11.2 7.2-17.0 23 5.6 3.5- 9.0 41 11.2 7.8-16.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0
Orange 439 338 77.4 71.8-82.2 42 10.8 7.3-15.6 31 6.2 4.2- 9.2 23 4.9 3.1- 7.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
Pitt 416 293 68.4 62.9-73.5 56 15.1 11.6-19.4 27 7.2 4.8-10.7 36 8.7 6.0-12.4 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
Randolph 426 279 65.0 58.4-71.0 42 9.9 7.1-13.7 39 10.0 7.0-14.0 64 14.7 10.4-20.4 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Robeson 441 274 59.3 52.9-65.3 48 10.9 7.0-16.5 47 13.0 9.0-18.4 67 15.8 11.9-20.7 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
Wake 429 337 75.7 69.9-80.6 37 9.0 6.3-12.8 26 7.6 4.5-12.5 25 6.3 3.9-10.1 4 1.4 0.4- 4.1
Western NC 654 424 66.0 61.6-70.1 62 9.5 7.1-12.7 47 6.9 4.9- 9.7 113 16.7 13.7-20.3 8 0.8 0.4- 1.9
Piedmont NC 881 603 66.9 62.8-70.8 97 11.0 8.7-13.8 64 6.9 5.2- 9.2 113 14.8 11.8-18.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2
Eastern NC 799 521 64.1 59.9-68.2 101 14.0 11.1-17.4 66 8.8 6.6-11.6 104 12.5 9.9-15.7 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4

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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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