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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 14,342 5,075 26.7 25.7-27.7 9,267 73.3 72.3-74.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 335 136 29.5 23.8-35.9 199 70.5 64.1-76.2
Buncombe 344 112 25.0 19.8-31.1 232 75.0 68.9-80.2
Cabarrus 352 124 26.2 20.8-32.5 228 73.8 67.5-79.2
Catawba 395 137 26.2 21.3-31.8 258 73.8 68.2-78.7
Cumberland 368 109 23.1 18.5-28.6 259 76.9 71.4-81.5
Davidson 353 130 25.4 20.5-31.1 223 74.6 68.9-79.5
Durham 319 116 25.4 20.1-31.6 203 74.6 68.4-79.9
Forsyth 368 124 25.6 20.7-31.1 244 74.4 68.9-79.3
Gaston 376 130 25.7 20.8-31.2 246 74.3 68.8-79.2
Guilford 372 128 27.4 22.2-33.3 244 72.6 66.7-77.8
Iredell 377 123 27.2 21.9-33.3 254 72.8 66.7-78.1
Johnston 423 165 27.9 22.3-34.3 258 72.1 65.7-77.7
Mecklenburg 657 171 18.2 15.3-21.5 486 81.8 78.5-84.7
New Hanover 379 147 36.3 28.3-45.1 232 63.7 54.9-71.7
Onslow 369 116 25.2 20.2-31.1 253 74.8 68.9-79.8
Orange 342 124 25.7 20.5-31.6 218 74.3 68.4-79.5
Pitt 371 137 28.5 23.5-34.0 234 71.5 66.0-76.5
Randolph 365 132 28.4 23.2-34.2 233 71.6 65.8-76.8
Robeson 401 158 29.1 24.0-34.8 243 70.9 65.2-76.0
Rowan 433 167 30.9 25.7-36.5 266 69.1 63.5-74.3
Union 362 116 23.2 18.8-28.4 246 76.8 71.6-81.2
Wake 590 179 21.2 17.8-25.1 411 78.8 74.9-82.2
Wayne 350 114 24.0 19.2-29.5 236 76.0 70.5-80.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,656 1,671 28.4 26.6-30.3 2,985 71.6 69.7-73.4
Piedmont 6,882 2,381 25.4 24.0-26.8 4,501 74.6 73.2-76.0
Western NC 2,804 1,023 29.2 27.1-31.4 1,781 70.8 68.6-72.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,852 694 29.4 26.9-32.1 1,158 70.6 67.9-73.1
Northwest 3,000 1,075 29.6 27.2-32.2 1,925 70.4 67.8-72.8
Charlotte 1,971 639 22.8 20.7-25.1 1,332 77.2 74.9-79.3
Greensboro 1,616 585 27.6 24.8-30.6 1,031 72.4 69.4-75.2
Southern Regional 1,333 448 25.3 22.3-28.5 885 74.7 71.5-77.7
Coastal 744 312 41.1 35.3-47.2 432 58.9 52.8-64.7
Wake 1,540 535 23.1 20.6-25.7 1,005 76.9 74.3-79.4
Area L 392 139 26.7 21.8-32.1 253 73.3 67.9-78.2
Eastern 1,894 648 25.6 23.3-28.1 1,246 74.4 71.9-76.7

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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.

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