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2005 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 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Guilford County 457 22 3.7 2.3- 5.9 23 4.1 2.7- 6.4 25 4.3 2.8- 6.6 387 87.9 84.4-90.7
GENDER
Male 164 5 2.2 0.8- 5.8 11 4.5 2.3- 8.5 9 3.3 1.5- 7.0 139 90.1 84.7-93.7
Female 293 17 5.2 3.0- 8.8 12 3.8 2.1- 6.7 16 5.3 3.1- 8.9 248 85.7 80.8-89.5
RACE
White 329 18 4.4 2.6- 7.4 15 3.9 2.3- 6.5 16 3.6 2.1- 6.2 280 88.1 84.0-91.3
Other 127 4 2.3 0.7- 6.9 8 4.7 2.2-10.0 9 5.7 2.7-11.7 106 87.3 79.9-92.2
AGE
18-44 162 4 2.1 0.7- 6.3 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 152 94.8 90.0-97.4
45+ 292 17 4.8 2.9- 8.1 19 6.1 3.8- 9.6 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 233 81.3 76.0-85.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 9 3.5 1.7- 7.3 19 8.5 5.2-13.6 14 6.7 3.7-12.0 132 81.3 74.3-86.7
Some College + 281 13 3.8 2.0- 7.1 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 11 2.8 1.5- 5.3 253 91.9 87.9-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 13 3.7 1.9- 7.0 13 4.2 2.3- 7.2 17 5.1 3.0- 8.4 197 87.1 82.2-90.8
$50,000+ 140 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 3 2.4 0.8- 7.3 132 94.1 88.4-97.1

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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: 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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