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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	> 5 years	Never
North Carolina	8,603	1,615	19.2	18.2-20.3	1,270	14.5	13.6-15.4	1,744	19.6	18.6-20.6	718	8.2	7.5- 8.9	3,256	38.5	37.2-39.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	233	47	19.9	14.8-26.3	25	10.1	6.7-15.0	44	19.9	14.5-26.6	23	9.2	5.9-14.3	94	40.8	33.8-48.2
Buncombe	213	50	23.9	18.2-30.8	26	12.4	8.4-17.9	42	19.4	14.1-26.2	16	6.9	4.0-11.5	79	37.4	30.5-44.9
Cabarrus	213	38	17.0	12.1-23.4	23	10.2	6.5-15.6	56	25.1	19.2-32.0	18	9.0	5.5-14.6	78	38.7	31.6-46.4
Catawba	236	40	15.4	11.1-20.9	27	11.9	7.9-17.5	40	17.5	12.7-23.7	23	9.3	6.0-14.0	106	46.0	38.9-53.2
Cumberland	206	41	21.1	15.4-28.3	37	18.1	12.8-24.8	51	23.0	17.3-30.0	18	8.5	5.0-14.1	59	29.3	22.6-37.1
Davidson	243	49	19.6	14.7-25.6	34	14.8	10.4-20.6	47	19.2	14.0-25.9	20	7.0	4.4-10.9	93	39.5	32.7-46.6
Durham	186	33	21.9	15.5-30.0	40	20.8	15.1-28.0	58	27.8	21.4-35.3	8	3.5	1.6- 7.4	47	26.0	19.6-33.6
Forsyth	243	50	20.7	15.7-26.8	37	13.5	9.6-18.5	64	25.2	19.7-31.6	16	7.2	4.2-11.8	76	33.5	27.1-40.6
Gaston	220	39	19.9	14.0-27.4	40	16.6	11.9-22.8	46	21.1	15.7-27.8	18	7.2	4.3-11.7	77	35.2	28.4-42.6
Guilford	240	49	22.4	16.7-29.4	42	17.1	12.1-23.6	53	20.2	14.9-26.9	19	6.6	3.9-10.9	77	33.7	25.9-42.5
Iredell	238	43	16.8	12.2-22.7	32	14.9	10.1-21.3	44	18.0	13.0-24.3	26	10.5	6.8-16.0	93	39.8	32.8-47.2
Johnston	221	40	18.0	11.8-26.5	33	15.0	10.1-21.7	46	21.2	15.2-28.8	12	5.2	2.8- 9.7	90	40.5	32.0-49.7
Mecklenburg	377	82	24.4	19.3-30.2	63	15.4	11.7-20.0	81	19.6	15.6-24.4	27	7.0	4.7-10.3	124	33.6	28.3-39.4
New Hanover	246	53	22.0	16.9-28.2	40	15.3	11.2-20.7	55	22.0	16.9-28.2	27	11.0	7.5-16.0	71	29.5	23.6-36.3
Onslow	188	28	17.3	11.7-24.8	31	16.1	11.1-22.6	33	18.7	12.8-26.4	14	6.3	3.5-11.0	82	41.7	34.1-49.7
Orange	192	33	18.3	12.7-25.5	36	17.3	12.4-23.6	48	26.0	19.2-34.1	18	7.9	4.7-12.8	57	30.6	23.8-38.3
Pitt	199	42	20.5	15.1-27.2	40	19.2	14.1-25.7	40	20.3	14.8-27.3	12	6.4	3.5-11.5	65	33.5	26.5-41.3
Randolph	223	38	16.6	11.8-22.8	28	10.6	7.1-15.5	52	25.0	19.0-32.1	16	6.9	3.7-12.3	89	40.9	33.7-48.6
Robeson	214	44	19.1	13.9-25.6	36	18.9	13.3-26.1	35	14.8	10.4-20.6	15	5.7	3.1-10.0	84	41.6	34.3-49.2
Rowan	257	46	18.1	13.5-24.0	35	11.5	8.2-16.0	47	18.9	14.0-25.1	18	6.4	3.8-10.6	111	45.0	38.3-52.0
Union	205	40	23.2	15.3-33.6	28	11.7	7.8-17.1	45	20.5	14.8-27.7	19	9.6	5.7-15.5	73	35.1	27.6-43.4
Wake	298	63	21.0	16.4-26.7	59	19.4	14.8-25.0	75	24.9	19.9-30.7	24	7.3	4.7-11.2	77	27.3	21.9-33.6
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	254	40	13.8	9.9-18.9	39	14.6	10.5-20.1	50	17.8	13.4-23.3	19	7.8	4.5-13.2	106	46.0	38.9-53.3
Northeast Partnership II***	317	67	21.5	16.7-27.2	44	12.0	8.8-16.3	61	18.0	13.7-23.2	23	7.0	4.6-10.6	122	41.5	35.4-47.9
Northeast Partnership I***	274	44	16.8	12.0-23.0	40	15.2	11.0-20.7	40	15.0	10.9-20.4	17	5.0	3.0- 8.1	133	48.0	41.4-54.7
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	238	47	22.7	16.8-29.9	35	15.6	10.8-22.1	36	13.0	9.0-18.4	20	9.5	5.9-15.0	100	39.2	32.1-46.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	248	52	21.4	16.1-28.0	41	13.3	9.3-18.6	39	14.7	10.2-20.7	14	6.3	3.5-11.1	102	44.3	37.1-51.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	280	62	22.9	17.8-28.9	43	15.4	11.3-20.6	48	15.3	11.3-20.2	23	7.8	5.1-11.8	104	38.7	32.4-45.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	204	33	15.6	10.9-21.8	26	11.9	7.9-17.6	38	19.2	13.8-26.2	16	7.2	4.1-12.2	91	46.1	38.4-54.0
Chatham/Lee/Moore	268	46	15.9	11.7-21.1	33	13.2	9.1-18.6	67	26.0	20.4-32.5	25	9.1	6.0-13.6	97	35.8	29.6-42.6
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	316	67	22.2	17.4-27.9	41	13.5	9.5-18.7	57	16.4	12.5-21.3	34	9.3	6.5-13.1	117	38.6	32.6-44.8
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	243	37	13.6	9.6-19.0	21	8.5	5.3-13.3	48	20.0	14.9-26.4	28	11.4	7.7-16.5	109	46.5	39.5-53.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	240	41	15.2	11.1-20.6	26	11.2	7.3-16.8	51	21.1	15.9-27.5	29	12.4	8.4-17.8	93	40.1	33.0-47.5
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	258	36	13.3	9.2-18.8	38	14.3	10.3-19.6	43	15.3	11.1-20.6	29	12.3	8.2-18.1	112	44.8	37.8-51.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	372	55	15.5	11.6-20.5	51	13.6	10.0-18.3	64	16.4	12.5-21.3	34	10.2	7.1-14.7	168	44.1	38.2-50.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	662	125	19.2	15.9-23.0	93	13.0	10.5-16.0	114	17.2	14.2-20.8	43	5.7	4.1- 7.8	287	44.9	40.5-49.3
No	7,941	1,490	19.3	18.2-20.4	1,177	14.6	13.7-15.6	1,630	19.8	18.7-20.8	675	8.4	7.6- 9.1	2,969	38.0	36.7-39.4
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	2,877	560	20.0	18.3-21.9	462	15.2	13.8-16.8	538	17.5	15.9-19.1	211	7.3	6.2- 8.5	1,106	40.0	37.8-42.2
Piedmont	4,724	889	19.7	18.3-21.2	684	14.6	13.4-15.9	1,013	21.1	19.7-22.6	415	8.2	7.3- 9.2	1,723	36.3	34.6-38.1
Western NC	1,002	166	16.1	13.6-19.0	124	12.6	10.3-15.3	193	18.2	15.5-21.2	92	9.8	7.7-12.4	427	43.4	39.6-47.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	585	105	17.8	14.4-21.7	77	13.3	10.3-16.9	106	17.2	13.9-21.1	50	9.4	6.8-12.7	247	42.4	37.6-47.3
Northwest	1,770	309	16.3	14.4-18.4	225	12.4	10.7-14.3	354	20.5	18.3-22.8	162	9.2	7.6-11.0	720	41.7	38.9-44.6
Charlotte	1,260	246	21.5	18.6-24.7	187	14.4	12.2-16.9	265	18.8	16.4-21.4	111	8.7	7.1-10.8	451	36.6	33.4-40.0
Greensboro	1,122	204	19.0	16.2-22.2	156	13.8	11.3-16.7	250	22.1	19.2-25.4	102	8.1	6.4-10.3	410	36.9	33.0-41.0
Southern Regional	807	170	21.0	17.8-24.5	122	15.1	12.4-18.3	164	20.0	16.8-23.7	69	7.6	5.7- 9.9	282	36.3	32.3-40.5
Coastal	518	110	21.5	17.7-25.8	81	15.4	12.1-19.4	103	17.6	14.4-21.4	51	9.4	7.0-12.4	173	36.2	31.4-41.2
Wake	1,034	194	20.3	17.3-23.6	176	17.8	15.1-21.0	241	23.5	20.5-26.9	71	6.4	4.9- 8.5	352	31.9	28.4-35.6
Area L	392	76	22.1	17.5-27.6	53	13.3	9.9-17.5	60	13.4	10.2-17.6	26	7.5	4.9-11.3	177	43.7	38.0-49.5
Eastern	1,115	201	18.2	15.6-21.2	193	15.5	13.2-18.0	201	16.9	14.5-19.5	76	6.9	5.2- 9.2	444	42.5	38.9-46.2

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

> 5 years

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

8,603

1,615

19.2

18.2-20.3

1,270

14.5

13.6-15.4

1,744

19.6

18.6-20.6

718

8.2

7.5- 8.9

3,256

38.5

37.2-39.8

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

233

19.9

14.8-26.3

10.1

6.7-15.0

19.9

14.5-26.6

9.2

5.9-14.3

40.8

33.8-48.2

Buncombe

213

23.9

18.2-30.8

12.4

8.4-17.9

19.4

14.1-26.2

6.9

4.0-11.5

37.4

30.5-44.9

Cabarrus

213

17.0

12.1-23.4

10.2

6.5-15.6

25.1

19.2-32.0

9.0

5.5-14.6

38.7

31.6-46.4

Catawba

236

15.4

11.1-20.9

11.9

7.9-17.5

17.5

12.7-23.7

9.3

6.0-14.0

106

46.0

38.9-53.2

Cumberland

206

21.1

15.4-28.3

18.1

12.8-24.8

23.0

17.3-30.0

8.5

5.0-14.1

29.3

22.6-37.1

Davidson

243

19.6

14.7-25.6

14.8

10.4-20.6

19.2

14.0-25.9

7.0

4.4-10.9

39.5

32.7-46.6

Durham

186

21.9

15.5-30.0

20.8

15.1-28.0

27.8

21.4-35.3

3.5

1.6- 7.4

26.0

19.6-33.6

Forsyth

243

20.7

15.7-26.8

13.5

9.6-18.5

25.2

19.7-31.6

7.2

4.2-11.8

33.5

27.1-40.6

Gaston

220

19.9

14.0-27.4

16.6

11.9-22.8

21.1

15.7-27.8

7.2

4.3-11.7

35.2

28.4-42.6

Guilford

240

22.4

16.7-29.4

17.1

12.1-23.6

20.2

14.9-26.9

6.6

3.9-10.9

33.7

25.9-42.5

Iredell

238

16.8

12.2-22.7

14.9

10.1-21.3

18.0

13.0-24.3

10.5

6.8-16.0

39.8

32.8-47.2

Johnston

221

18.0

11.8-26.5

15.0

10.1-21.7

21.2

15.2-28.8

5.2

2.8- 9.7

40.5

32.0-49.7

Mecklenburg

377

24.4

19.3-30.2

15.4

11.7-20.0

19.6

15.6-24.4

7.0

4.7-10.3

124

33.6

28.3-39.4

New Hanover

246

22.0

16.9-28.2

15.3

11.2-20.7

22.0

16.9-28.2

11.0

7.5-16.0

29.5

23.6-36.3

Onslow

188

17.3

11.7-24.8

16.1

11.1-22.6

18.7

12.8-26.4

6.3

3.5-11.0

41.7

34.1-49.7

Orange

192

18.3

12.7-25.5

17.3

12.4-23.6

26.0

19.2-34.1

7.9

4.7-12.8

30.6

23.8-38.3

Pitt

199

20.5

15.1-27.2

19.2

14.1-25.7

20.3

14.8-27.3

6.4

3.5-11.5

33.5

26.5-41.3

Randolph

223

16.6

11.8-22.8

10.6

7.1-15.5

25.0

19.0-32.1

6.9

3.7-12.3

40.9

33.7-48.6

Robeson

214

19.1

13.9-25.6

18.9

13.3-26.1

14.8

10.4-20.6

5.7

3.1-10.0

41.6

34.3-49.2

Rowan

257

18.1

13.5-24.0

11.5

8.2-16.0

18.9

14.0-25.1

6.4

3.8-10.6

111

45.0

38.3-52.0

Union

205

23.2

15.3-33.6

11.7

7.8-17.1

20.5

14.8-27.7

9.6

5.7-15.5

35.1

27.6-43.4

Wake

298

21.0

16.4-26.7

19.4

14.8-25.0

24.9

19.9-30.7

7.3

4.7-11.2

27.3

21.9-33.6

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

254

13.8

9.9-18.9

14.6

10.5-20.1

17.8

13.4-23.3

7.8

4.5-13.2

106

46.0

38.9-53.3

Northeast Partnership II***

317

21.5

16.7-27.2

12.0

8.8-16.3

18.0

13.7-23.2

7.0

4.6-10.6

122

41.5

35.4-47.9

Northeast Partnership I***

274

16.8

12.0-23.0

15.2

11.0-20.7

15.0

10.9-20.4

5.0

3.0- 8.1

133

48.0

41.4-54.7

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

238

22.7

16.8-29.9

15.6

10.8-22.1

13.0

9.0-18.4

9.5

5.9-15.0

100

39.2

32.1-46.7

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

248

21.4

16.1-28.0

13.3

9.3-18.6

14.7

10.2-20.7

6.3

3.5-11.1

102

44.3

37.1-51.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

280

22.9

17.8-28.9

15.4

11.3-20.6

15.3

11.3-20.2

7.8

5.1-11.8

104

38.7

32.4-45.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

204

15.6

10.9-21.8

11.9

7.9-17.6

19.2

13.8-26.2

7.2

4.1-12.2

46.1

38.4-54.0

Chatham/Lee/Moore

268

15.9

11.7-21.1

13.2

9.1-18.6

26.0

20.4-32.5

9.1

6.0-13.6

35.8

29.6-42.6

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

316

22.2

17.4-27.9

13.5

9.5-18.7

16.4

12.5-21.3

9.3

6.5-13.1

117

38.6

32.6-44.8

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

243

13.6

9.6-19.0

8.5

5.3-13.3

20.0

14.9-26.4

11.4

7.7-16.5

109

46.5

39.5-53.6

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

240

15.2

11.1-20.6

11.2

7.3-16.8

21.1

15.9-27.5

12.4

8.4-17.8

40.1

33.0-47.5

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

258

13.3

9.2-18.8

14.3

10.3-19.6

15.3

11.1-20.6

12.3

8.2-18.1

112

44.8

37.8-51.9

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

372

15.5

11.6-20.5

13.6

10.0-18.3

16.4

12.5-21.3

10.2

7.1-14.7

168

44.1

38.2-50.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

662

125

19.2

15.9-23.0

13.0

10.5-16.0

114

17.2

14.2-20.8

5.7

4.1- 7.8

287

44.9

40.5-49.3

7,941

1,490

19.3

18.2-20.4

1,177

14.6

13.7-15.6

1,630

19.8

18.7-20.8

675

8.4

7.6- 9.1

2,969

38.0

36.7-39.4

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

2,877

560

20.0

18.3-21.9

462

15.2

13.8-16.8

538

17.5

15.9-19.1

211

7.3

6.2- 8.5

1,106

40.0

37.8-42.2

Piedmont

4,724

889

19.7

18.3-21.2

684

14.6

13.4-15.9

1,013

21.1

19.7-22.6

415

8.2

7.3- 9.2

1,723

36.3

34.6-38.1

Western NC

1,002

166

16.1

13.6-19.0

124

12.6

10.3-15.3

193

18.2

15.5-21.2

9.8

7.7-12.4

427

43.4

39.6-47.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

585

105

17.8

14.4-21.7

13.3

10.3-16.9

106

17.2

13.9-21.1

9.4

6.8-12.7

247

42.4

37.6-47.3

Northwest

1,770

309

16.3

14.4-18.4

225

12.4

10.7-14.3

354

20.5

18.3-22.8

162

9.2

7.6-11.0

720

41.7

38.9-44.6

Charlotte

1,260

246

21.5

18.6-24.7

187

14.4

12.2-16.9

265

18.8

16.4-21.4

111

8.7

7.1-10.8

451

36.6

33.4-40.0

Greensboro

1,122

204

19.0

16.2-22.2

156

13.8

11.3-16.7

250

22.1

19.2-25.4

102

8.1

6.4-10.3

410

36.9

33.0-41.0

Southern Regional

807

170

21.0

17.8-24.5

122

15.1

12.4-18.3

164

20.0

16.8-23.7

7.6

5.7- 9.9

282

36.3

32.3-40.5

Coastal

518

110

21.5

17.7-25.8

15.4

12.1-19.4

103

17.6

14.4-21.4

9.4

7.0-12.4

173

36.2

31.4-41.2

Wake

1,034

194

20.3

17.3-23.6

176

17.8

15.1-21.0

241

23.5

20.5-26.9

6.4

4.9- 8.5

352

31.9

28.4-35.6

Area L

392

22.1

17.5-27.6

13.3

9.9-17.5

13.4

10.2-17.6

7.5

4.9-11.3

177

43.7

38.0-49.5

Eastern

1,115

201

18.2

15.6-21.2

193

15.5

13.2-18.0

201

16.9

14.5-19.5

6.9

5.2- 9.2

444

42.5

38.9-46.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents age 50 and older and reported having sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy exam - those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

^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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