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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	1,836	1,212	65.1	62.2-67.8	371	20.1	17.9-22.6	93	5.6	4.4- 7.1	28	1.6	1.0- 2.5	132	7.5	6.1- 9.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	49	27	47.0	31.3-63.2	14	26.3	14.9-42.1	3	15.8	4.8-41.4	1	3.3	0.5-19.9	4	7.6	2.8-19.3
Buncombe	32	21	66.0	44.1-82.7	8	26.1	11.2-49.7	1	2.8	0.4-17.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.1	1.2-18.7
Cabarrus	44	25	64.3	43.9-80.5	13	28.0	13.7-48.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-13.2	5	5.7	2.0-15.1
Catawba	47	31	69.4	52.6-82.3	9	21.7	10.8-38.9	1	1.5	0.2-10.4	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2	5	6.4	2.5-15.7
Cumberland	54	40	74.8	58.3-86.2	9	18.7	8.9-35.1	4	5.5	1.8-15.2	1	1.0	0.1- 7.2	0	0.0	. - .
Davidson	48	25	52.8	33.9-71.0	12	25.1	13.1-42.6	3	3.2	0.9-10.1	3	8.2	2.3-25.3	5	10.7	3.7-27.5
Durham	28	17	69.9	48.3-85.2	8	25.2	11.4-46.7	1	2.0	0.3-13.5	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1	1	1.9	0.3-13.0
Forsyth	39	23	52.6	34.0-70.5	10	31.8	16.5-52.4	3	5.4	1.7-16.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.2	2.8-30.9
Gaston	55	37	65.7	49.5-78.9	11	19.3	9.7-34.8	2	6.7	1.6-24.3	0	0.0	. - .	5	8.3	3.2-19.5
Guilford	48	34	71.9	55.9-83.8	9	16.6	8.2-30.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.7	1.1-18.2	3	6.8	2.0-20.4
Iredell	46	35	75.0	58.6-86.5	4	9.3	3.1-24.7	4	9.4	3.2-24.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.3	1.9-18.9
Johnston	45	24	43.2	26.3-61.8	12	34.7	16.9-58.1	4	13.2	4.6-32.7	1	2.3	0.3-14.9	4	6.6	2.2-18.3
Mecklenburg	67	44	61.5	47.3-73.9	8	11.1	5.4-21.5	4	8.4	2.9-22.3	2	1.8	0.4- 7.4	9	17.2	8.3-32.1
New Hanover	43	32	78.2	61.5-89.0	4	6.3	2.0-17.9	3	6.7	2.0-20.4	1	2.5	0.3-16.3	3	6.2	1.8-19.5
Onslow	44	35	78.3	62.3-88.7	5	13.2	5.5-28.6	1	2.4	0.3-15.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.0	1.9-17.8
Orange	32	19	57.9	38.6-75.0	5	17.8	7.1-37.8	3	10.6	3.2-29.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	4	12.2	4.1-31.2
Pitt	47	30	61.8	44.5-76.5	8	10.3	4.8-20.9	6	17.0	6.9-35.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.9	3.5-29.2
Randolph	37	22	53.2	34.7-70.8	12	34.4	19.6-53.0	1	9.0	1.3-42.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.4	0.8-13.3
Robeson	52	34	59.9	44.3-73.7	11	26.9	15.1-43.2	2	3.5	0.8-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	5	9.7	3.6-23.3
Rowan	68	46	65.0	50.7-77.0	12	17.6	9.3-30.7	3	7.4	2.1-22.3	0	0.0	. - .	7	10.1	4.6-20.7
Union	33	20	47.1	26.6-68.7	11	35.3	17.3-58.7	2	17.6	4.4-49.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	47	28	59.9	43.5-74.4	8	16.8	8.1-31.8	3	5.4	1.6-16.3	2	2.4	0.6- 9.4	6	15.4	6.7-31.7
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	46	32	68.6	52.5-81.2	9	17.5	8.9-31.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	13.9	5.6-30.4
Northeast Partnership II***	73	52	77.0	65.4-85.5	15	18.1	10.5-29.5	2	1.7	0.4- 7.2	2	1.7	0.4- 6.8	2	1.5	0.4- 5.9
Northeast Partnership I***	95	66	71.0	60.0-79.9	19	18.8	11.6-28.9	5	6.3	2.6-14.3	0	0.0	. - .	5	4.0	1.6- 9.8
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	64	35	55.1	39.5-69.9	24	35.9	22.1-52.5	2	4.6	1.1-16.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.4	1.0-16.8
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	67	45	73.4	60.4-83.3	12	13.1	6.8-23.7	4	5.3	1.8-14.7	0	0.0	. - .	6	8.2	3.3-18.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	49	34	71.2	56.2-82.7	8	15.8	7.6-30.2	1	2.2	0.3-13.9	1	2.4	0.3-15.3	5	8.4	3.5-18.9
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	48	31	63.2	42.8-79.7	8	12.4	5.6-25.4	3	5.3	1.3-18.6	0	0.0	. - .	6	19.2	7.0-43.0
Chatham/Lee/Moore	60	36	54.7	39.7-68.9	18	34.7	21.6-50.6	2	3.8	0.7-17.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	3	5.1	1.5-16.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	84	59	71.4	59.3-81.0	13	14.2	7.8-24.4	5	4.0	1.4-11.1	3	5.0	1.5-14.8	4	5.4	1.9-14.4
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	61	44	70.0	55.2-81.5	10	19.1	9.8-33.7	3	6.3	2.0-18.1	2	2.0	0.5- 8.0	2	2.6	0.6-10.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	47	34	69.7	52.5-82.8	7	13.5	5.7-28.6	3	10.8	3.5-29.0	0	0.0	. - .	3	5.9	1.7-19.0
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	71	48	60.9	46.8-73.4	13	22.6	12.7-37.0	6	9.7	4.1-21.1	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	3	4.7	1.3-15.8
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	66	47	65.9	51.1-78.1	12	21.8	12.1-36.1	3	3.1	0.7-12.2	1	2.6	0.4-16.3	3	6.6	2.0-19.7
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	181	127	73.5	66.0-79.9	37	18.3	13.0-25.2	7	3.7	1.7- 7.8	2	0.7	0.2- 3.0	8	3.7	1.6- 8.1
No	1,655	1,085	64.3	61.3-67.2	334	20.3	17.9-22.9	86	5.8	4.5- 7.4	26	1.7	1.1- 2.6	124	7.9	6.3- 9.8
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	685	464	69.1	64.8-73.1	132	18.1	14.9-21.8	36	5.2	3.6- 7.4	8	1.2	0.6- 2.6	45	6.4	4.6- 8.9
Piedmont	964	617	62.3	58.2-66.2	205	21.2	18.1-24.7	46	5.7	4.1- 7.9	19	2.0	1.2- 3.3	77	8.8	6.6-11.7
Western NC	187	131	66.7	57.9-74.5	34	20.7	14.2-29.0	11	6.3	3.3-11.9	1	1.1	0.2- 7.4	10	5.2	2.5-10.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	98	68	65.9	53.8-76.3	20	23.0	14.3-34.9	4	3.0	0.9- 9.4	1	1.9	0.3-12.2	5	6.2	2.3-15.4
Northwest	370	247	63.8	57.0-70.0	68	21.6	16.3-27.9	22	7.0	4.3-11.1	5	1.3	0.5- 3.6	28	6.4	3.9-10.4
Charlotte	261	174	63.7	55.9-70.8	51	18.1	12.9-24.6	11	7.2	3.9-13.0	4	1.7	0.5- 5.2	21	9.4	5.5-15.5
Greensboro	230	143	62.8	54.6-70.4	54	21.2	15.6-28.2	12	6.7	3.5-12.4	6	3.0	1.2- 7.6	15	6.2	3.4-11.2
Southern Regional	210	140	68.5	60.4-75.6	38	17.5	12.2-24.4	14	5.6	3.0-10.3	4	2.1	0.7- 5.7	14	6.3	3.4-11.6
Coastal	92	66	75.1	64.3-83.5	12	11.5	6.1-20.7	4	3.8	1.4-10.2	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	8	7.2	3.5-14.2
Wake	204	121	58.4	49.2-67.0	48	23.1	16.4-31.7	11	4.9	2.5- 9.4	4	1.4	0.5- 4.0	20	12.3	7.1-20.4
Area L	109	68	63.9	53.0-73.5	31	27.0	18.5-37.7	4	5.1	1.9-13.2	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	5	3.3	1.3- 8.0
Eastern	262	185	71.5	64.7-77.4	49	17.3	12.7-23.1	11	3.8	2.0- 7.3	1	0.2	0.0- 1.5	16	7.2	4.1-12.2

Total
Respond.^

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Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,836

1,212

65.1

62.2-67.8

371

20.1

17.9-22.6

5.6

4.4- 7.1

1.6

1.0- 2.5

132

7.5

6.1- 9.3

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

47.0

31.3-63.2

26.3

14.9-42.1

15.8

4.8-41.4

3.3

0.5-19.9

7.6

2.8-19.3

Buncombe

66.0

44.1-82.7

26.1

11.2-49.7

2.8

0.4-17.6

0.0

. - .

5.1

1.2-18.7

Cabarrus

64.3

43.9-80.5

28.0

13.7-48.9

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.3-13.2

5.7

2.0-15.1

Catawba

69.4

52.6-82.3

21.7

10.8-38.9

1.5

0.2-10.4

0.9

0.1- 6.2

6.4

2.5-15.7

Cumberland

74.8

58.3-86.2

18.7

8.9-35.1

5.5

1.8-15.2

1.0

0.1- 7.2

0.0

. - .

Davidson

52.8

33.9-71.0

25.1

13.1-42.6

3.2

0.9-10.1

8.2

2.3-25.3

10.7

3.7-27.5

Durham

69.9

48.3-85.2

25.2

11.4-46.7

2.0

0.3-13.5

1.0

0.1- 7.1

1.9

0.3-13.0

Forsyth

52.6

34.0-70.5

31.8

16.5-52.4

5.4

1.7-16.5

0.0

. - .

10.2

2.8-30.9

Gaston

65.7

49.5-78.9

19.3

9.7-34.8

6.7

1.6-24.3

0.0

. - .

8.3

3.2-19.5

Guilford

71.9

55.9-83.8

16.6

8.2-30.9

0.0

. - .

4.7

1.1-18.2

6.8

2.0-20.4

Iredell

75.0

58.6-86.5

9.3

3.1-24.7

9.4

3.2-24.4

0.0

. - .

6.3

1.9-18.9

Johnston

43.2

26.3-61.8

34.7

16.9-58.1

13.2

4.6-32.7

2.3

0.3-14.9

6.6

2.2-18.3

Mecklenburg

61.5

47.3-73.9

11.1

5.4-21.5

8.4

2.9-22.3

1.8

0.4- 7.4

17.2

8.3-32.1

New Hanover

78.2

61.5-89.0

6.3

2.0-17.9

6.7

2.0-20.4

2.5

0.3-16.3

6.2

1.8-19.5

Onslow

78.3

62.3-88.7

13.2

5.5-28.6

2.4

0.3-15.5

0.0

. - .

6.0

1.9-17.8

Orange

57.9

38.6-75.0

17.8

7.1-37.8

10.6

3.2-29.9

1.6

0.2-10.7

12.2

4.1-31.2

Pitt

61.8

44.5-76.5

10.3

4.8-20.9

17.0

6.9-35.9

0.0

. - .

10.9

3.5-29.2

Randolph

53.2

34.7-70.8

34.4

19.6-53.0

9.0

1.3-42.2

0.0

. - .

3.4

0.8-13.3

Robeson

59.9

44.3-73.7

26.9

15.1-43.2

3.5

0.8-13.9

0.0

. - .

9.7

3.6-23.3

Rowan

65.0

50.7-77.0

17.6

9.3-30.7

7.4

2.1-22.3

0.0

. - .

10.1

4.6-20.7

Union

47.1

26.6-68.7

35.3

17.3-58.7

17.6

4.4-49.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Wake

59.9

43.5-74.4

16.8

8.1-31.8

5.4

1.6-16.3

2.4

0.6- 9.4

15.4

6.7-31.7

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

68.6

52.5-81.2

17.5

8.9-31.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

13.9

5.6-30.4

Northeast Partnership II***

77.0

65.4-85.5

18.1

10.5-29.5

1.7

0.4- 7.2

1.7

0.4- 6.8

1.5

0.4- 5.9

Northeast Partnership I***

71.0

60.0-79.9

18.8

11.6-28.9

6.3

2.6-14.3

0.0

. - .

4.0

1.6- 9.8

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

55.1

39.5-69.9

35.9

22.1-52.5

4.6

1.1-16.8

0.0

. - .

4.4

1.0-16.8

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

73.4

60.4-83.3

13.1

6.8-23.7

5.3

1.8-14.7

0.0

. - .

8.2

3.3-18.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

71.2

56.2-82.7

15.8

7.6-30.2

2.2

0.3-13.9

2.4

0.3-15.3

8.4

3.5-18.9

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

63.2

42.8-79.7

12.4

5.6-25.4

5.3

1.3-18.6

0.0

. - .

19.2

7.0-43.0

Chatham/Lee/Moore

54.7

39.7-68.9

34.7

21.6-50.6

3.8

0.7-17.5

1.6

0.2-10.5

5.1

1.5-16.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

71.4

59.3-81.0

14.2

7.8-24.4

4.0

1.4-11.1

5.0

1.5-14.8

5.4

1.9-14.4

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

70.0

55.2-81.5

19.1

9.8-33.7

6.3

2.0-18.1

2.0

0.5- 8.0

2.6

0.6-10.6

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

69.7

52.5-82.8

13.5

5.7-28.6

10.8

3.5-29.0

0.0

. - .

5.9

1.7-19.0

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

60.9

46.8-73.4

22.6

12.7-37.0

9.7

4.1-21.1

2.1

0.3-13.6

4.7

1.3-15.8

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

65.9

51.1-78.1

21.8

12.1-36.1

3.1

0.7-12.2

2.6

0.4-16.3

6.6

2.0-19.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

181

127

73.5

66.0-79.9

18.3

13.0-25.2

3.7

1.7- 7.8

0.7

0.2- 3.0

3.7

1.6- 8.1

1,655

1,085

64.3

61.3-67.2

334

20.3

17.9-22.9

5.8

4.5- 7.4

1.7

1.1- 2.6

124

7.9

6.3- 9.8

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

685

464

69.1

64.8-73.1

132

18.1

14.9-21.8

5.2

3.6- 7.4

1.2

0.6- 2.6

6.4

4.6- 8.9

Piedmont

964

617

62.3

58.2-66.2

205

21.2

18.1-24.7

5.7

4.1- 7.9

2.0

1.2- 3.3

8.8

6.6-11.7

Western NC

187

131

66.7

57.9-74.5

20.7

14.2-29.0

6.3

3.3-11.9

1.1

0.2- 7.4

5.2

2.5-10.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

65.9

53.8-76.3

23.0

14.3-34.9

3.0

0.9- 9.4

1.9

0.3-12.2

6.2

2.3-15.4

Northwest

370

247

63.8

57.0-70.0

21.6

16.3-27.9

7.0

4.3-11.1

1.3

0.5- 3.6

6.4

3.9-10.4

Charlotte

261

174

63.7

55.9-70.8

18.1

12.9-24.6

7.2

3.9-13.0

1.7

0.5- 5.2

9.4

5.5-15.5

Greensboro

230

143

62.8

54.6-70.4

21.2

15.6-28.2

6.7

3.5-12.4

3.0

1.2- 7.6

6.2

3.4-11.2

Southern Regional

210

140

68.5

60.4-75.6

17.5

12.2-24.4

5.6

3.0-10.3

2.1

0.7- 5.7

6.3

3.4-11.6

Coastal

75.1

64.3-83.5

11.5

6.1-20.7

3.8

1.4-10.2

2.4

0.6- 9.2

7.2

3.5-14.2

Wake

204

121

58.4

49.2-67.0

23.1

16.4-31.7

4.9

2.5- 9.4

1.4

0.5- 4.0

12.3

7.1-20.4

Area L

109

63.9

53.0-73.5

27.0

18.5-37.7

5.1

1.9-13.2

0.7

0.1- 5.1

3.3

1.3- 8.0

Eastern

262

185

71.5

64.7-77.4

17.3

12.7-23.1

3.8

2.0- 7.3

0.2

0.0- 1.5

7.2

4.1-12.2

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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.

**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.

***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: 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.

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