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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,811 9,140 59.0 58.0-60.1 5,671 41.0 39.9-42.0
-Guilford County 418 284 62.8 57.0-68.2 134 37.2 31.8-43.0
GENDER
Male 171 108 57.8 49.0-66.1 63 42.2 33.9-51.0
Female 247 176 68.2 61.1-74.6 71 31.8 25.4-38.9
RACE
White 289 209 67.3 60.6-73.4 80 32.7 26.6-39.4
Other 127 75 54.7 44.0-65.0 52 45.3 35.0-56.0
AGE
18-44 143 80 50.7 41.2-60.3 63 49.3 39.7-58.8
45+ 271 201 70.5 63.6-76.6 70 29.5 23.4-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 84 53.0 42.7-63.0 55 47.0 37.0-57.3
Some College + 278 200 68.1 61.3-74.2 78 31.9 25.8-38.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 131 64.0 54.9-72.1 61 36.0 27.9-45.1
$50,000+ 142 103 68.1 58.9-76.0 39 31.9 24.0-41.1

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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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