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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,223 3,022 18.6 17.8-19.4 5,233 32.2 31.2-33.1 5,268 30.7 29.8-31.7 2,490 13.5 12.8-14.1 1,210 5.1 4.8- 5.5
-Guilford County 470 88 18.7 14.8-23.3 158 34.7 29.3-40.5 126 28.0 23.0-33.7 69 13.8 10.6-17.9 29 4.8 2.9- 7.7
GENDER
Male 170 31 18.5 12.6-26.3 56 34.3 25.9-43.9 47 29.2 21.2-38.7 24 13.6 8.7-20.8 12 4.4 1.8-10.1
Female 300 57 18.8 14.3-24.4 102 35.1 28.7-42.0 79 26.9 21.3-33.3 45 14.0 10.3-18.8 17 5.2 3.1- 8.8
RACE
White 338 66 19.6 15.0-25.3 126 37.4 31.0-44.2 83 26.1 20.2-32.9 42 12.2 8.6-17.1 21 4.7 2.5- 8.8
Other 131 22 16.7 10.4-25.8 32 29.2 19.7-41.1 43 32.3 23.3-42.8 26 16.8 10.9-25.0 8 5.0 2.3-10.3
AGE
18-44 167 47 22.6 16.3-30.4 60 39.0 29.9-48.9 41 27.5 19.4-37.3 16 8.2 4.6-14.2 3 2.7 0.7-10.1
45+ 300 41 15.0 10.6-20.7 98 30.8 25.3-37.0 82 27.8 22.3-34.0 53 19.5 14.7-25.4 26 6.9 4.5-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 18 10.2 5.8-17.3 38 18.4 12.6-25.9 66 40.7 31.5-50.7 41 22.5 15.9-30.7 17 8.3 4.3-15.5
Some College + 288 70 24.1 18.7-30.5 120 45.3 38.0-52.7 59 19.8 14.9-25.9 28 8.4 5.5-12.7 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 246 41 16.9 11.7-23.8 76 34.0 26.0-42.9 68 28.4 21.5-36.4 46 16.2 11.5-22.3 15 4.6 2.6- 8.0
$50,000+ 144 42 27.9 20.5-36.8 63 43.1 34.2-52.5 27 18.5 12.3-26.8 8 5.9 2.6-13.0 4 4.5 1.3-14.8

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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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