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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,620 13,646 82.2 81.2-83.2 1,974 17.8 16.8-18.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 392 336 77.5 70.2-83.5 56 22.5 16.5-29.8
Buncombe 359 319 83.0 76.2-88.1 40 17.0 11.9-23.8
Cabarrus 389 328 81.0 74.9-85.9 61 19.0 14.1-25.1
Catawba 402 356 82.9 75.7-88.3 46 17.1 11.7-24.3
Cumberland 444 376 78.3 71.8-83.7 68 21.7 16.3-28.2
Davidson 427 365 78.4 71.6-83.9 62 21.6 16.1-28.4
Durham 400 348 76.9 69.3-83.0 52 23.1 17.0-30.7
Forsyth 420 375 84.7 79.3-88.9 45 15.3 11.1-20.7
Gaston 390 338 82.5 76.3-87.4 52 17.5 12.6-23.7
Guilford 449 392 83.3 77.7-87.8 57 16.7 12.2-22.3
Iredell 441 393 86.3 80.7-90.4 48 13.7 9.6-19.3
Johnston 452 396 79.8 72.9-85.2 56 20.2 14.8-27.1
Mecklenburg 832 759 86.5 82.0-90.0 73 13.5 10.0-18.0
New Hanover 394 360 83.9 75.6-89.8 34 16.1 10.2-24.4
Onslow 394 354 83.0 75.6-88.5 40 17.0 11.5-24.4
Orange 362 331 84.5 75.8-90.4 31 15.5 9.6-24.2
Pitt 395 338 82.7 77.0-87.2 57 17.3 12.8-23.0
Randolph 389 332 76.4 68.4-82.8 57 23.6 17.2-31.6
Robeson 394 322 77.9 71.8-83.0 72 22.1 17.0-28.2
Rowan 450 384 78.7 71.9-84.3 66 21.3 15.7-28.1
Union 391 353 85.0 78.5-89.8 38 15.0 10.2-21.5
Wake 653 602 90.3 86.8-93.0 51 9.7 7.0-13.2
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 418 360 85.0 80.0-88.9 58 15.0 11.1-20.0
Northeast Partnership II*** 506 433 79.8 74.0-84.6 73 20.2 15.4-26.0
Northeast Partnership I*** 438 392 86.2 81.2-90.0 46 13.8 10.0-18.8
Franklin/Nash/Wilson 444 373 76.4 70.0-81.7 71 23.6 18.3-30.0
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 472 405 78.2 72.0-83.3 67 21.8 16.7-28.0
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 432 365 78.5 71.8-84.0 67 21.5 16.0-28.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 394 342 81.1 74.5-86.3 52 18.9 13.7-25.5
Chatham/Lee/Moore 458 395 79.0 72.3-84.5 63 21.0 15.5-27.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 569 497 81.3 75.5-85.9 72 18.7 14.1-24.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 426 367 81.1 75.0-86.0 59 18.9 14.0-25.0
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 419 361 76.4 68.8-82.6 58 23.6 17.4-31.2
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 455 412 85.7 80.2-89.9 43 14.3 10.1-19.8
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 570 487 80.1 74.3-84.9 83 19.9 15.1-25.7
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes 1,078 938 81.9 78.3-85.1 140 18.1 14.9-21.7
No 14,542 12,708 82.2 81.2-83.2 1,834 17.8 16.8-18.8
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC 5,228 4,513 80.4 78.5-82.1 715 19.6 17.9-21.5
Piedmont 8,727 7,693 83.7 82.4-84.9 1,034 16.3 15.1-17.6
Western NC 1,665 1,440 80.0 76.7-82.9 225 20.0 17.1-23.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC*** 929 806 81.0 76.6-84.8 123 19.0 15.2-23.4
Northwest 3,123 2,725 81.4 79.0-83.5 398 18.6 16.5-21.0
Charlotte 2,385 2,123 85.4 82.8-87.6 262 14.6 12.4-17.2
Greensboro 2,006 1,746 80.7 77.7-83.3 260 19.3 16.7-22.3
Southern Regional 1,597 1,353 79.7 76.3-82.7 244 20.3 17.3-23.7
Coastal 821 725 81.0 76.0-85.2 96 19.0 14.8-24.0
Wake 2,096 1,860 84.9 82.4-87.1 236 15.1 12.9-17.6
Area L 678 589 80.9 76.0-85.0 89 19.1 15.0-24.0
Eastern 1,985 1,719 81.0 78.0-83.6 266 19.0 16.4-22.0

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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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