BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Are you now taking diabetes pills?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,864	1,366	71.0	68.1-73.7	498	29.0	26.3-31.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	50	34	74.3	59.4-85.2	16	25.7	14.8-40.6
Buncombe	33	23	70.8	49.4-85.7	10	29.2	14.3-50.6
Cabarrus	45	35	70.9	45.8-87.5	10	29.1	12.5-54.2
Catawba	47	36	69.9	48.7-85.1	11	30.1	14.9-51.3
Cumberland	54	40	66.6	44.1-83.4	14	33.4	16.6-55.9
Davidson	48	29	49.3	30.7-68.1	19	50.7	31.9-69.3
Durham	28	19	58.8	33.5-80.1	9	41.2	19.9-66.5
Forsyth	40	26	64.6	45.4-80.1	14	35.4	19.9-54.6
Gaston	56	41	71.5	55.7-83.4	15	28.5	16.6-44.3
Guilford	50	37	73.2	56.5-85.2	13	26.8	14.8-43.5
Iredell	46	33	72.2	55.8-84.2	13	27.8	15.8-44.2
Johnston	43	32	73.0	54.0-86.2	11	27.0	13.8-46.0
Mecklenburg	67	41	64.6	51.3-75.9	26	35.4	24.1-48.7
New Hanover	44	33	66.9	41.4-85.2	11	33.1	14.8-58.6
Onslow	44	34	81.2	67.1-90.2	10	18.8	9.8-32.9
Orange	32	23	66.9	46.6-82.4	9	33.1	17.6-53.4
Pitt	49	38	74.9	57.9-86.6	11	25.1	13.4-42.1
Randolph	38	23	61.0	42.8-76.5	15	39.0	23.5-57.2
Robeson	51	39	74.4	58.7-85.6	12	25.6	14.4-41.3
Rowan	68	50	71.9	58.0-82.6	18	28.1	17.4-42.0
Union	33	22	74.6	55.4-87.4	11	25.4	12.6-44.6
Wake	50	32	64.0	47.5-77.7	18	36.0	22.3-52.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	46	34	76.2	60.8-86.9	12	23.8	13.1-39.2
Northeast Partnership II***	75	52	69.1	55.9-79.8	23	30.9	20.2-44.1
Northeast Partnership I***	96	77	74.4	61.1-84.3	19	25.6	15.7-38.9
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	64	48	67.4	50.1-80.9	16	32.6	19.1-49.9
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	69	57	79.7	64.9-89.3	12	20.3	10.7-35.1
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	49	38	74.2	58.2-85.6	11	25.8	14.4-41.8
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	50	37	63.9	41.7-81.4	13	36.1	18.6-58.3
Chatham/Lee/Moore	62	48	79.6	66.9-88.2	14	20.4	11.8-33.1
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	86	63	65.3	52.3-76.4	23	34.7	23.6-47.7
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	62	46	70.5	55.4-82.2	16	29.5	17.8-44.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	48	35	67.2	49.6-81.0	13	32.8	19.0-50.4
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	72	56	76.7	63.4-86.2	16	23.3	13.8-36.6
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	69	55	84.6	73.2-91.8	14	15.4	8.2-26.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	184	136	71.3	62.7-78.5	48	28.7	21.5-37.3
No	1,680	1,230	70.9	67.9-73.8	450	29.1	26.2-32.1
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	690	529	74.3	69.5-78.5	161	25.7	21.5-30.5
Piedmont	981	690	67.5	63.5-71.3	291	32.5	28.7-36.5
Western NC	193	147	76.8	68.8-83.3	46	23.2	16.7-31.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	102	78	80.8	70.7-88.0	24	19.2	12.0-29.3
Northwest	374	269	67.5	60.6-73.7	105	32.5	26.3-39.4
Charlotte	264	185	70.0	62.9-76.3	79	30.0	23.7-37.1
Greensboro	235	162	68.5	59.8-76.1	73	31.5	23.9-40.2
Southern Regional	212	165	73.2	63.3-81.3	47	26.8	18.7-36.7
Coastal	93	72	73.9	59.6-84.4	21	26.1	15.6-40.4
Wake	207	145	63.6	54.2-72.0	62	36.4	28.0-45.8
Area L	111	88	79.9	70.5-86.9	23	20.1	13.1-29.5
Eastern	266	202	74.8	67.8-80.7	64	25.2	19.3-32.2

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,864

1,366

71.0

68.1-73.7

498

29.0

26.3-31.9

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

74.3

59.4-85.2

25.7

14.8-40.6

Buncombe

70.8

49.4-85.7

29.2

14.3-50.6

Cabarrus

70.9

45.8-87.5

29.1

12.5-54.2

Catawba

69.9

48.7-85.1

30.1

14.9-51.3

Cumberland

66.6

44.1-83.4

33.4

16.6-55.9

Davidson

49.3

30.7-68.1

50.7

31.9-69.3

Durham

58.8

33.5-80.1

41.2

19.9-66.5

Forsyth

64.6

45.4-80.1

35.4

19.9-54.6

Gaston

71.5

55.7-83.4

28.5

16.6-44.3

Guilford

73.2

56.5-85.2

26.8

14.8-43.5

Iredell

72.2

55.8-84.2

27.8

15.8-44.2

Johnston

73.0

54.0-86.2

27.0

13.8-46.0

Mecklenburg

64.6

51.3-75.9

35.4

24.1-48.7

New Hanover

66.9

41.4-85.2

33.1

14.8-58.6

Onslow

81.2

67.1-90.2

18.8

9.8-32.9

Orange

66.9

46.6-82.4

33.1

17.6-53.4

Pitt

74.9

57.9-86.6

25.1

13.4-42.1

Randolph

61.0

42.8-76.5

39.0

23.5-57.2

Robeson

74.4

58.7-85.6

25.6

14.4-41.3

Rowan

71.9

58.0-82.6

28.1

17.4-42.0

Union

74.6

55.4-87.4

25.4

12.6-44.6

Wake

64.0

47.5-77.7

36.0

22.3-52.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

76.2

60.8-86.9

23.8

13.1-39.2

Northeast Partnership II***

69.1

55.9-79.8

30.9

20.2-44.1

Northeast Partnership I***

74.4

61.1-84.3

25.6

15.7-38.9

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

67.4

50.1-80.9

32.6

19.1-49.9

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

79.7

64.9-89.3

20.3

10.7-35.1

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

74.2

58.2-85.6

25.8

14.4-41.8

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

63.9

41.7-81.4

36.1

18.6-58.3

Chatham/Lee/Moore

79.6

66.9-88.2

20.4

11.8-33.1

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

65.3

52.3-76.4

34.7

23.6-47.7

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

70.5

55.4-82.2

29.5

17.8-44.6

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

67.2

49.6-81.0

32.8

19.0-50.4

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

76.7

63.4-86.2

23.3

13.8-36.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

84.6

73.2-91.8

15.4

8.2-26.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

184

136

71.3

62.7-78.5

28.7

21.5-37.3

1,680

1,230

70.9

67.9-73.8

450

29.1

26.2-32.1

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

690

529

74.3

69.5-78.5

161

25.7

21.5-30.5

Piedmont

981

690

67.5

63.5-71.3

291

32.5

28.7-36.5

Western NC

193

147

76.8

68.8-83.3

23.2

16.7-31.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

102

80.8

70.7-88.0

19.2

12.0-29.3

Northwest

374

269

67.5

60.6-73.7

105

32.5

26.3-39.4

Charlotte

264

185

70.0

62.9-76.3

30.0

23.7-37.1

Greensboro

235

162

68.5

59.8-76.1

31.5

23.9-40.2

Southern Regional

212

165

73.2

63.3-81.3

26.8

18.7-36.7

Coastal

73.9

59.6-84.4

26.1

15.6-40.4

Wake

207

145

63.6

54.2-72.0

36.4

28.0-45.8

Area L

111

79.9

70.5-86.9

20.1

13.1-29.5

Eastern

266

202

74.8

67.8-80.7

25.2

19.3-32.2

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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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