BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (When was the last time you had your eyes examined by any doctor or eye care provider?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Within the past month	Within the past year	Within the past 2 years	2 or more years ago	Never
North Carolina	11,271	1,501	12.4	11.7-13.2	5,928	51.3	50.2-52.5	1,771	16.6	15.7-17.5	1,898	17.5	16.6-18.4	173	2.2	1.8- 2.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	292	34	11.5	8.0-16.3	163	55.1	48.5-61.5	42	14.1	10.3-19.2	49	16.6	12.3-22.1	4	2.6	0.8- 8.2
Buncombe	275	35	13.1	9.0-18.8	147	50.1	43.4-56.7	40	15.9	11.6-21.5	48	19.4	14.4-25.6	5	1.5	0.6- 3.5
Cabarrus	291	31	11.8	7.9-17.3	153	49.8	43.2-56.4	52	19.6	14.7-25.7	52	17.3	13.0-22.6	3	1.5	0.4- 5.4
Catawba	318	34	10.1	7.0-14.3	172	50.8	44.5-57.1	50	16.0	11.9-21.1	56	19.5	14.8-25.1	6	3.7	1.4- 9.1
Cumberland	299	41	13.7	9.8-19.0	148	47.2	40.7-53.9	53	17.4	12.9-22.9	52	19.7	14.6-25.9	5	2.0	0.7- 5.3
Davidson	313	36	10.1	7.0-14.4	163	49.9	43.5-56.3	41	13.7	9.8-18.9	67	23.4	18.3-29.4	6	2.9	1.1- 7.2
Durham	259	27	10.3	6.8-15.2	139	52.6	45.5-59.6	48	18.1	13.3-24.0	42	17.8	12.8-24.2	3	1.2	0.3- 4.5
Forsyth	301	39	10.6	7.6-14.6	159	51.6	45.1-58.1	52	18.6	14.0-24.3	46	16.0	11.5-21.7	5	3.2	1.1- 8.8
Gaston	297	45	15.2	11.1-20.3	150	50.0	43.5-56.4	51	16.4	12.2-21.6	49	17.2	12.8-22.8	2	1.3	0.3- 4.9
Guilford	328	47	15.2	11.2-20.1	182	54.2	47.5-60.7	48	15.6	11.4-20.9	47	13.6	9.8-18.6	4	1.5	0.5- 4.3
Iredell	322	42	13.2	9.6-17.9	180	54.6	48.3-60.8	52	15.3	11.4-20.3	43	14.2	10.2-19.4	5	2.6	1.0- 6.8
Johnston	295	36	11.9	8.3-16.8	166	56.4	48.9-63.6	39	12.4	8.8-17.3	49	18.0	12.8-24.7	5	1.3	0.5- 3.1
Mecklenburg	556	71	11.5	8.9-14.8	285	50.0	45.2-54.9	102	19.0	15.5-23.0	88	16.6	13.3-20.5	10	2.9	1.5- 5.6
New Hanover	309	51	14.4	10.8-18.8	161	49.2	43.1-55.4	48	18.8	14.1-24.6	45	15.7	11.6-21.1	4	1.9	0.7- 5.3
Onslow	260	41	14.0	9.8-19.8	132	52.2	44.8-59.5	41	16.2	11.5-22.2	41	14.7	10.6-20.0	5	2.9	1.1- 7.7
Orange	270	42	15.0	10.7-20.6	144	52.7	45.9-59.5	33	11.9	8.2-16.9	47	18.4	13.7-24.4	4	1.9	0.6- 6.0
Pitt	265	42	15.8	11.3-21.8	144	54.1	47.2-60.8	42	16.7	12.0-22.9	34	12.2	8.5-17.1	3	1.2	0.4- 3.6
Randolph	282	31	11.1	7.5-16.2	142	50.4	43.7-57.0	42	15.4	11.2-20.9	60	19.3	14.8-24.9	7	3.8	1.8- 8.0
Robeson	269	35	12.2	8.5-17.2	140	51.9	45.0-58.8	38	12.7	8.9-17.8	53	21.7	16.6-27.8	3	1.5	0.4- 5.6
Rowan	326	43	10.4	7.6-14.1	162	48.7	42.5-54.9	40	12.7	9.1-17.4	71	23.6	18.6-29.5	10	4.6	2.3- 8.9
Union	274	37	14.4	8.9-22.5	134	47.2	40.0-54.5	47	18.4	13.6-24.5	50	17.3	12.7-23.1	6	2.6	1.0- 6.5
Wake	428	57	12.9	9.7-17.0	249	57.0	51.5-62.3	70	17.3	13.5-21.9	45	10.7	7.9-14.5	7	2.1	0.9- 4.9
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	321	55	16.0	12.0-21.1	166	50.0	43.7-56.4	39	12.8	9.0-17.9	56	20.2	15.3-26.0	5	1.0	0.4- 2.6
Northeast Partnership II***	392	50	11.2	8.2-15.1	196	50.6	44.8-56.3	62	15.3	11.7-19.7	79	19.9	15.8-24.9	5	3.0	1.1- 7.7
Northeast Partnership I***	342	63	18.8	14.4-24.2	181	49.6	43.6-55.7	51	15.7	11.7-20.7	43	13.9	10.2-18.8	4	1.9	0.7- 5.3
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	311	48	13.5	9.7-18.4	163	51.2	44.7-57.7	45	15.3	11.3-20.6	50	18.4	13.7-24.4	5	1.5	0.6- 3.8
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	334	32	8.7	5.9-12.7	181	51.0	44.6-57.4	58	16.6	12.4-21.8	59	21.2	16.2-27.3	4	2.4	0.8- 6.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	328	35	9.8	6.8-14.0	186	55.0	48.9-61.0	56	17.3	13.2-22.4	48	16.4	12.2-21.7	3	1.4	0.4- 4.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	272	41	13.8	9.8-19.1	133	45.9	39.3-52.7	40	15.5	11.2-21.1	54	22.0	16.7-28.5	4	2.8	1.0- 7.5
Chatham/Lee/Moore	330	45	12.9	9.4-17.4	177	52.0	45.8-58.2	46	15.2	11.0-20.6	52	15.9	11.9-21.0	10	4.0	1.9- 8.2
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	395	55	13.0	9.8-17.0	214	53.2	47.6-58.8	50	12.3	9.1-16.4	72	20.1	15.9-25.2	4	1.4	0.5- 4.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	324	53	15.3	11.4-20.3	144	43.3	37.2-49.6	63	19.0	14.6-24.3	57	18.8	14.3-24.3	7	3.6	1.5- 8.4
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	312	31	8.7	5.9-12.7	161	50.4	43.9-56.9	53	17.4	12.9-23.1	63	22.3	17.3-28.4	4	1.2	0.4- 3.1
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	321	44	10.7	7.8-14.6	164	49.3	42.9-55.8	57	20.0	15.3-25.8	52	16.2	12.0-21.6	4	3.7	1.3- 9.8
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	460	52	10.7	7.8-14.6	247	52.6	46.9-58.2	80	18.1	14.1-22.9	79	18.3	14.1-23.5	2	0.3	0.1- 1.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	834	127	14.3	11.8-17.3	430	49.9	46.0-53.9	128	15.3	12.7-18.3	137	17.9	15.0-21.3	12	2.5	1.3- 4.9
No	10,437	1,374	12.3	11.5-13.1	5,498	51.4	50.2-52.7	1,643	16.7	15.8-17.7	1,761	17.4	16.5-18.4	161	2.2	1.8- 2.7
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	3,729	529	12.8	11.6-14.1	1,972	51.3	49.3-53.3	567	15.7	14.3-17.2	609	18.3	16.7-20.0	52	2.0	1.4- 2.8
Piedmont	6,266	822	12.5	11.5-13.6	3,290	51.6	50.0-53.2	988	16.7	15.5-17.9	1,060	16.7	15.6-17.9	106	2.5	2.0- 3.2
Western NC	1,276	150	11.2	9.2-13.5	666	50.5	47.1-53.9	216	18.2	15.7-21.1	229	18.7	16.1-21.7	15	1.4	0.7- 2.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	735	87	11.4	8.9-14.5	394	51.9	47.4-56.3	120	17.5	14.3-21.2	127	18.6	15.2-22.6	7	0.6	0.3- 1.4
Northwest	2,303	285	11.3	9.8-12.9	1,195	49.7	47.2-52.3	368	17.2	15.3-19.3	412	18.6	16.7-20.7	43	3.2	2.2- 4.8
Charlotte	1,709	220	12.1	10.3-14.1	878	50.0	47.0-52.9	291	17.9	15.7-20.3	298	17.8	15.6-20.1	22	2.3	1.4- 3.8
Greensboro	1,478	205	14.0	11.9-16.3	781	52.1	48.8-55.5	210	15.2	12.9-17.8	253	16.0	13.8-18.5	29	2.7	1.7- 4.1
Southern Regional	1,066	140	12.7	10.4-15.3	560	51.3	47.5-55.1	160	14.2	11.8-17.0	190	19.8	16.7-23.2	16	2.0	1.1- 3.6
Coastal	630	85	10.8	8.5-13.6	338	50.7	46.1-55.3	107	19.5	16.0-23.5	93	16.9	13.5-21.0	7	2.1	0.8- 5.2
Wake	1,401	185	12.6	10.6-15.0	761	54.4	51.0-57.7	224	16.8	14.4-19.5	210	14.4	12.3-16.8	21	1.8	1.0- 3.2
Area L	497	82	14.8	11.6-18.7	254	49.3	44.2-54.5	82	17.4	13.9-21.7	70	15.7	12.2-19.9	9	2.7	1.3- 5.6
Eastern	1,452	212	13.3	11.4-15.5	767	51.6	48.4-54.8	209	14.7	12.5-17.2	245	18.7	16.3-21.4	19	1.7	0.9- 3.1

Total
Respond.^

Within the past month

Within the past year

Within the past 2 years

2 or more years ago

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

11,271

1,501

12.4

11.7-13.2

5,928

51.3

50.2-52.5

1,771

16.6

15.7-17.5

1,898

17.5

16.6-18.4

173

2.2

1.8- 2.7

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

292

11.5

8.0-16.3

163

55.1

48.5-61.5

14.1

10.3-19.2

16.6

12.3-22.1

2.6

0.8- 8.2

Buncombe

275

13.1

9.0-18.8

147

50.1

43.4-56.7

15.9

11.6-21.5

19.4

14.4-25.6

1.5

0.6- 3.5

Cabarrus

291

11.8

7.9-17.3

153

49.8

43.2-56.4

19.6

14.7-25.7

17.3

13.0-22.6

1.5

0.4- 5.4

Catawba

318

10.1

7.0-14.3

172

50.8

44.5-57.1

16.0

11.9-21.1

19.5

14.8-25.1

3.7

1.4- 9.1

Cumberland

299

13.7

9.8-19.0

148

47.2

40.7-53.9

17.4

12.9-22.9

19.7

14.6-25.9

2.0

0.7- 5.3

Davidson

313

10.1

7.0-14.4

163

49.9

43.5-56.3

13.7

9.8-18.9

23.4

18.3-29.4

2.9

1.1- 7.2

Durham

259

10.3

6.8-15.2

139

52.6

45.5-59.6

18.1

13.3-24.0

17.8

12.8-24.2

1.2

0.3- 4.5

Forsyth

301

10.6

7.6-14.6

159

51.6

45.1-58.1

18.6

14.0-24.3

16.0

11.5-21.7

3.2

1.1- 8.8

Gaston

297

15.2

11.1-20.3

150

50.0

43.5-56.4

16.4

12.2-21.6

17.2

12.8-22.8

1.3

0.3- 4.9

Guilford

328

15.2

11.2-20.1

182

54.2

47.5-60.7

15.6

11.4-20.9

13.6

9.8-18.6

1.5

0.5- 4.3

Iredell

322

13.2

9.6-17.9

180

54.6

48.3-60.8

15.3

11.4-20.3

14.2

10.2-19.4

2.6

1.0- 6.8

Johnston

295

11.9

8.3-16.8

166

56.4

48.9-63.6

12.4

8.8-17.3

18.0

12.8-24.7

1.3

0.5- 3.1

Mecklenburg

556

11.5

8.9-14.8

285

50.0

45.2-54.9

102

19.0

15.5-23.0

16.6

13.3-20.5

2.9

1.5- 5.6

New Hanover

309

14.4

10.8-18.8

161

49.2

43.1-55.4

18.8

14.1-24.6

15.7

11.6-21.1

1.9

0.7- 5.3

Onslow

260

14.0

9.8-19.8

132

52.2

44.8-59.5

16.2

11.5-22.2

14.7

10.6-20.0

2.9

1.1- 7.7

Orange

270

15.0

10.7-20.6

144

52.7

45.9-59.5

11.9

8.2-16.9

18.4

13.7-24.4

1.9

0.6- 6.0

Pitt

265

15.8

11.3-21.8

144

54.1

47.2-60.8

16.7

12.0-22.9

12.2

8.5-17.1

1.2

0.4- 3.6

Randolph

282

11.1

7.5-16.2

142

50.4

43.7-57.0

15.4

11.2-20.9

19.3

14.8-24.9

3.8

1.8- 8.0

Robeson

269

12.2

8.5-17.2

140

51.9

45.0-58.8

12.7

8.9-17.8

21.7

16.6-27.8

1.5

0.4- 5.6

Rowan

326

10.4

7.6-14.1

162

48.7

42.5-54.9

12.7

9.1-17.4

23.6

18.6-29.5

4.6

2.3- 8.9

Union

274

14.4

8.9-22.5

134

47.2

40.0-54.5

18.4

13.6-24.5

17.3

12.7-23.1

2.6

1.0- 6.5

Wake

428

12.9

9.7-17.0

249

57.0

51.5-62.3

17.3

13.5-21.9

10.7

7.9-14.5

2.1

0.9- 4.9

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

321

16.0

12.0-21.1

166

50.0

43.7-56.4

12.8

9.0-17.9

20.2

15.3-26.0

1.0

0.4- 2.6

Northeast Partnership II***

392

11.2

8.2-15.1

196

50.6

44.8-56.3

15.3

11.7-19.7

19.9

15.8-24.9

3.0

1.1- 7.7

Northeast Partnership I***

342

18.8

14.4-24.2

181

49.6

43.6-55.7

15.7

11.7-20.7

13.9

10.2-18.8

1.9

0.7- 5.3

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

311

13.5

9.7-18.4

163

51.2

44.7-57.7

15.3

11.3-20.6

18.4

13.7-24.4

1.5

0.6- 3.8

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

334

8.7

5.9-12.7

181

51.0

44.6-57.4

16.6

12.4-21.8

21.2

16.2-27.3

2.4

0.8- 6.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

328

9.8

6.8-14.0

186

55.0

48.9-61.0

17.3

13.2-22.4

16.4

12.2-21.7

1.4

0.4- 4.2

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

272

13.8

9.8-19.1

133

45.9

39.3-52.7

15.5

11.2-21.1

22.0

16.7-28.5

2.8

1.0- 7.5

Chatham/Lee/Moore

330

12.9

9.4-17.4

177

52.0

45.8-58.2

15.2

11.0-20.6

15.9

11.9-21.0

4.0

1.9- 8.2

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

395

13.0

9.8-17.0

214

53.2

47.6-58.8

12.3

9.1-16.4

20.1

15.9-25.2

1.4

0.5- 4.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

324

15.3

11.4-20.3

144

43.3

37.2-49.6

19.0

14.6-24.3

18.8

14.3-24.3

3.6

1.5- 8.4

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

312

8.7

5.9-12.7

161

50.4

43.9-56.9

17.4

12.9-23.1

22.3

17.3-28.4

1.2

0.4- 3.1

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

321

10.7

7.8-14.6

164

49.3

42.9-55.8

20.0

15.3-25.8

16.2

12.0-21.6

3.7

1.3- 9.8

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

460

10.7

7.8-14.6

247

52.6

46.9-58.2

18.1

14.1-22.9

18.3

14.1-23.5

0.3

0.1- 1.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

834

127

14.3

11.8-17.3

430

49.9

46.0-53.9

128

15.3

12.7-18.3

137

17.9

15.0-21.3

2.5

1.3- 4.9

10,437

1,374

12.3

11.5-13.1

5,498

51.4

50.2-52.7

1,643

16.7

15.8-17.7

1,761

17.4

16.5-18.4

161

2.2

1.8- 2.7

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

3,729

529

12.8

11.6-14.1

1,972

51.3

49.3-53.3

567

15.7

14.3-17.2

609

18.3

16.7-20.0

2.0

1.4- 2.8

Piedmont

6,266

822

12.5

11.5-13.6

3,290

51.6

50.0-53.2

988

16.7

15.5-17.9

1,060

16.7

15.6-17.9

106

2.5

2.0- 3.2

Western NC

1,276

150

11.2

9.2-13.5

666

50.5

47.1-53.9

216

18.2

15.7-21.1

229

18.7

16.1-21.7

1.4

0.7- 2.7

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

735

11.4

8.9-14.5

394

51.9

47.4-56.3

120

17.5

14.3-21.2

127

18.6

15.2-22.6

0.6

0.3- 1.4

Northwest

2,303

285

11.3

9.8-12.9

1,195

49.7

47.2-52.3

368

17.2

15.3-19.3

412

18.6

16.7-20.7

3.2

2.2- 4.8

Charlotte

1,709

220

12.1

10.3-14.1

878

50.0

47.0-52.9

291

17.9

15.7-20.3

298

17.8

15.6-20.1

2.3

1.4- 3.8

Greensboro

1,478

205

14.0

11.9-16.3

781

52.1

48.8-55.5

210

15.2

12.9-17.8

253

16.0

13.8-18.5

2.7

1.7- 4.1

Southern Regional

1,066

140

12.7

10.4-15.3

560

51.3

47.5-55.1

160

14.2

11.8-17.0

190

19.8

16.7-23.2

2.0

1.1- 3.6

Coastal

630

10.8

8.5-13.6

338

50.7

46.1-55.3

107

19.5

16.0-23.5

16.9

13.5-21.0

2.1

0.8- 5.2

Wake

1,401

185

12.6

10.6-15.0

761

54.4

51.0-57.7

224

16.8

14.4-19.5

210

14.4

12.3-16.8

1.8

1.0- 3.2

Area L

497

14.8

11.6-18.7

254

49.3

44.2-54.5

17.4

13.9-21.7

15.7

12.2-19.9

2.7

1.3- 5.6

Eastern

1,452

212

13.3

11.4-15.5

767

51.6

48.4-54.8

209

14.7

12.5-17.2

245

18.7

16.3-21.4

1.7

0.9- 3.1

Back to Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*.

Asked only of respondents age 40 and older.
*NOTE: These questions on visual impairment/eyecare have never been asked previously in the NC BRFSS Survey.

^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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