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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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Respond.^		 Doctor/other health care provider Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 780 90 12.1 9.5-15.2 70 9.5 7.2-12.4 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 450 56.5 52.1-60.8 159 21.0 17.6-24.8
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance 29 4 15.0 5.1-36.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 18 61.6 40.4-79.1 7 23.4 10.0-45.8
Buncombe 20 3 13.7 3.9-38.0 2 11.1 2.6-36.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 55.7 33.0-76.3 4 19.6 7.0-43.9
Cabarrus 26 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 1 3.0 0.4-18.7 0 0.0 . - . 18 68.2 45.4-84.7 6 26.4 11.3-50.2
Catawba 17 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.1 3.2-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 81.9 55.3-94.3 1 5.0 0.7-28.6
Cumberland 34 5 19.0 7.5-40.3 2 6.2 1.5-21.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 15 35.7 21.0-53.8 11 37.1 20.9-56.7
Davidson 31 3 11.4 3.3-32.9 3 10.7 3.4-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 47.9 29.4-67.1 10 30.0 15.9-49.3
Durham 18 3 14.0 4.3-37.0 1 6.6 0.9-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 61.0 35.7-81.5 4 18.4 6.3-43.2
Forsyth 21 2 5.8 1.3-22.1 5 28.4 10.0-58.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 44.2 22.5-68.5 4 21.5 7.2-49.3
Gaston 17 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.3 3.5-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 70.6 43.9-88.1 3 15.1 4.4-40.8
Guilford 19 5 28.7 11.6-55.2 1 3.9 0.5-23.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 10 56.8 32.0-78.6 2 7.7 1.6-30.1
Iredell 22 2 9.8 2.3-32.8 2 11.1 2.4-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 71.2 47.6-87.0 3 8.0 2.3-24.4
Johnston 22 3 11.7 3.4-33.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 72.9 49.8-87.9 3 15.4 5.0-38.7
Mecklenburg 17 1 5.7 0.8-31.6 1 4.2 0.6-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 61.5 36.2-81.9 5 28.6 11.6-54.8
New Hanover 16 2 11.2 2.4-39.2 2 12.4 2.8-40.9 2 12.2 2.8-40.2 7 38.0 17.1-64.7 3 26.2 8.1-58.8
Onslow 31 7 27.0 11.5-51.1 7 27.0 11.1-52.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 32.5 17.4-52.3 5 13.6 5.1-31.4
Orange 15 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.6 7.0-50.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 62.2 35.8-83.0 3 16.1 4.8-42.1
Pitt 19 2 11.0 2.6-36.1 3 31.8 11.2-63.2 2 6.7 1.5-25.5 8 32.2 14.7-56.6 4 18.3 6.4-42.5
Randolph 14 3 15.7 4.5-42.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 49.2 22.3-76.5 5 35.1 13.8-64.8
Robeson 27 3 9.9 3.0-28.4 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 19 70.3 47.6-86.0 4 17.0 5.5-41.8
Rowan 28 2 8.5 2.1-28.4 4 11.3 3.8-28.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 14 53.8 34.0-72.5 7 24.7 11.1-46.3
Union 18 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.6 5.0-43.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 61.6 35.3-82.5 4 21.8 6.8-51.7
Wake 22 3 8.3 2.4-25.2 1 4.0 0.5-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 60.1 36.4-79.9 4 27.6 10.9-54.4
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 20 3 19.5 6.1-47.5 1 6.7 0.9-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 42.3 21.8-65.9 5 31.6 13.0-58.7
Northeast Partnership II 21 2 14.1 3.6-42.0 3 18.7 5.9-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 14 59.1 35.4-79.2 2 8.1 1.9-28.5
Northeast Partnership I 21 1 2.6 0.3-16.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 14 68.8 45.0-85.7 6 28.6 12.5-53.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson 15 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 83.5 49.3-96.3 2 16.5 3.7-50.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 28 4 11.5 3.1-34.4 6 22.2 8.1-47.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 37.8 20.2-59.2 6 28.6 11.9-54.3
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 19 3 14.8 4.5-39.2 2 9.1 2.2-31.1 0 0.0 . - . 13 70.7 46.2-87.1 1 5.4 0.7-30.3
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 28 4 8.9 3.1-22.7 1 3.3 0.5-20.0 2 5.6 1.4-20.3 17 73.3 55.1-86.0 4 9.0 3.1-23.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore 18 2 21.6 5.8-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 50.2 26.3-74.1 6 28.2 12.0-53.2
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 27 5 13.9 5.3-31.8 2 5.4 1.3-19.9 1 5.0 0.7-28.5 17 69.6 48.7-84.7 2 6.1 1.2-26.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 29 4 13.0 4.5-31.9 2 4.3 1.0-16.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.6 15 54.5 34.4-73.3 7 26.5 12.5-47.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 18 2 11.3 2.7-36.5 1 5.0 0.7-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 64.9 39.6-83.9 3 18.8 6.1-45.3
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 26 4 18.5 6.0-44.8 2 5.0 1.1-19.9 0 0.0 . - . 14 59.1 36.7-78.3 6 17.4 6.9-37.5
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 27 2 4.3 1.0-17.3 4 17.2 6.2-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 56.6 35.9-75.2 7 21.9 9.7-42.0
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes 48 4 11.5 4.0-28.4 4 12.5 4.6-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 31 56.6 40.2-71.7 9 19.5 9.2-36.7
No 732 86 12.1 9.4-15.4 66 9.3 7.0-12.3 11 1.1 0.6- 2.0 419 56.5 52.0-61.0 150 21.0 17.5-25.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 278 36 14.1 9.6-20.2 29 12.6 8.2-18.8 6 1.8 0.7- 4.3 156 48.7 41.6-55.8 51 22.9 16.9-30.2
Piedmont 413 42 10.4 7.3-14.6 32 7.0 4.7-10.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 247 61.9 55.9-67.5 87 19.8 15.4-25.1
Western NC 89 12 13.1 6.6-24.4 9 10.9 5.3-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 47 55.4 43.1-67.1 21 20.6 12.9-31.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC 46 5 7.3 2.8-17.9 6 16.1 6.9-33.1 0 0.0 . - . 24 54.5 38.0-70.0 11 22.1 11.7-37.9
Northwest 173 18 12.3 7.0-20.8 19 10.3 5.9-17.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.5 98 58.7 49.3-67.5 36 18.2 12.5-25.7
Charlotte 93 4 4.1 1.3-11.8 8 6.8 3.2-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 61 66.2 54.0-76.5 20 22.9 14.2-34.9
Greensboro 96 15 20.4 11.3-34.0 6 5.1 2.1-12.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 54 56.6 43.3-69.0 20 16.6 9.6-27.1
Southern Regional 101 13 15.1 7.9-26.9 8 10.7 4.3-23.9 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0 55 45.5 34.3-57.1 23 26.7 17.4-38.7
Coastal 33 4 10.2 3.4-26.6 3 6.8 2.0-20.7 2 4.7 1.1-18.5 19 51.3 30.7-71.5 5 26.9 9.9-55.2
Wake 99 13 10.2 5.4-18.3 2 3.0 0.7-11.4 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6 62 64.0 51.2-75.1 20 21.6 12.4-35.1
Area L 29 2 6.9 1.4-28.4 1 4.0 0.6-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 20 67.0 45.8-83.0 6 22.1 9.3-43.9
Eastern 105 15 15.6 8.8-26.1 17 19.3 11.6-30.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 54 47.0 36.0-58.2 17 17.4 10.1-28.2

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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