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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,711 11,218 79.9 79.0-80.8 1,390 11.0 10.3-11.7 736 5.9 5.4- 6.5 367 3.2 2.8- 3.7
-Guilford County 371 304 81.5 76.5-85.6 47 12.9 9.4-17.5 13 3.8 2.1- 6.8 7 1.8 0.8- 3.8
GENDER
Male 130 104 80.4 71.8-86.9 20 15.4 9.7-23.8 4 3.2 1.2- 8.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
Female 241 200 82.4 76.3-87.2 27 10.8 7.2-15.8 9 4.4 2.1- 8.9 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3
RACE
White 288 227 77.9 71.9-83.0 41 14.6 10.4-20.1 13 5.1 2.8- 9.1 7 2.3 1.0- 5.1
Other 83 77 92.1 82.5-96.7 6 7.9 3.3-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 94 74 79.5 69.1-87.1 14 13.9 7.9-23.5 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 4 3.8 1.4-10.1
45+ 275 228 82.3 76.5-86.9 33 12.5 8.6-17.9 11 4.4 2.4- 8.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 106 80.3 70.6-87.3 18 15.4 9.1-24.6 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
Some College + 241 197 82.0 75.9-86.8 29 11.8 7.9-17.2 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2 6 2.1 0.9- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 152 82.6 74.9-88.3 20 11.3 6.8-18.2 7 5.0 2.2-11.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3
$50,000+ 125 95 75.6 66.4-82.9 20 16.9 10.7-25.7 6 4.2 1.9- 9.1 4 3.3 1.2- 8.8

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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