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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,511 840 5.5 5.1- 6.0 989 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,114 6.9 6.5- 7.5 11,568 81.5 80.7-82.3
-Guilford County 412 17 3.5 2.0- 6.0 15 3.1 1.8- 5.3 22 4.3 2.7- 6.7 358 89.1 85.6-91.8
GENDER
Male 168 4 2.5 0.9- 6.9 5 2.6 1.1- 6.3 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0 151 91.5 86.2-94.8
Female 244 13 4.6 2.5- 8.3 10 3.6 1.8- 7.0 14 5.2 3.0- 9.1 207 86.6 81.4-90.5
RACE
White 287 15 4.3 2.5- 7.5 10 3.2 1.6- 6.0 14 4.8 2.8- 8.2 248 87.7 83.2-91.2
Other 123 2 1.9 0.4- 9.0 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0 108 91.8 85.5-95.5
AGE
18-44 141 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 2 1.2 0.3- 5.2 133 95.7 90.9-98.0
45+ 267 13 4.6 2.5- 8.4 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5 20 6.3 4.0-10.0 221 84.7 79.6-88.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 8 5.2 2.3-11.3 6 3.3 1.4- 7.6 12 6.8 3.6-12.3 113 84.7 77.3-90.0
Some College + 272 9 2.6 1.3- 5.2 9 3.0 1.5- 5.9 10 3.0 1.5- 5.7 244 91.5 87.5-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 8 3.7 1.6- 8.2 7 2.4 1.0- 5.6 18 8.1 4.9-13.1 155 85.8 79.7-90.2
$50,000+ 139 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 6 4.1 1.8- 8.9 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 127 92.0 86.1-95.5

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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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
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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