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2007 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 5,486 3,902 71.5 69.7-73.2 1,584 28.5 26.8-30.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 117 78 65.7 54.5-75.4 39 34.3 24.6-45.5
Buncombe 124 73 60.9 50.6-70.2 51 39.1 29.8-49.4
Cabarrus 123 92 80.3 71.2-87.1 31 19.7 12.9-28.8
Catawba 155 116 76.8 68.3-83.5 39 23.2 16.5-31.7
Cumberland 151 112 69.6 59.5-78.1 39 30.4 21.9-40.5
Davidson 139 96 73.3 64.4-80.7 43 26.7 19.3-35.6
Durham 119 86 74.3 63.8-82.6 33 25.7 17.4-36.2
Forsyth 136 87 67.0 57.2-75.4 49 33.0 24.6-42.8
Gaston 153 107 73.8 63.8-81.8 46 26.2 18.2-36.2
Guilford 148 109 71.9 60.1-81.3 39 28.1 18.7-39.9
Iredell 138 94 72.4 62.5-80.5 44 27.6 19.5-37.5
Johnston 156 113 77.6 69.1-84.2 43 22.4 15.8-30.9
Mecklenburg 215 148 63.6 53.9-72.3 67 36.4 27.7-46.1
New Hanover 149 101 70.9 60.9-79.2 48 29.1 20.8-39.1
Onslow 134 98 79.0 70.2-85.7 36 21.0 14.3-29.8
Orange 106 74 68.9 56.1-79.4 32 31.1 20.6-43.9
Pitt 156 114 71.4 61.5-79.7 42 28.6 20.3-38.5
Randolph 140 109 79.2 70.7-85.8 31 20.8 14.2-29.3
Robeson 184 149 79.8 71.2-86.3 35 20.2 13.7-28.8
Rowan 153 107 72.5 63.4-80.0 46 27.5 20.0-36.6
Union 118 83 68.6 55.9-79.1 35 31.4 20.9-44.1
Wake 180 127 71.7 63.1-78.9 53 28.3 21.1-36.9
Wayne 156 114 69.2 58.9-77.8 42 30.8 22.2-41.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,922 1,408 72.6 69.9-75.2 514 27.4 24.8-30.1
Piedmont 2,480 1,767 71.9 69.2-74.4 713 28.1 25.6-30.8
Western NC 1,084 727 67.2 63.6-70.7 357 32.8 29.3-36.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 706 471 66.1 61.7-70.2 235 33.9 29.8-38.3
Northwest 1,147 793 71.4 67.9-74.6 354 28.6 25.4-32.1
Charlotte 709 505 70.1 64.5-75.2 204 29.9 24.8-35.5
Greensboro 579 419 70.8 64.5-76.4 160 29.2 23.6-35.5
Southern Regional 546 415 73.3 68.0-78.0 131 26.7 22.0-32.0
Coastal 317 216 68.8 62.3-74.5 101 31.2 25.5-37.7
Wake 537 393 75.5 70.4-80.0 144 24.5 20.0-29.6
Area L 176 130 73.7 63.5-81.9 46 26.3 18.1-36.5
Eastern 769 560 72.3 68.1-76.1 209 27.7 23.9-31.9

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*Asked only of those who report having high blood pressure

^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.

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