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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 5,684 4,981 82.3 80.5-84.0 703 17.7 16.0-19.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 122 107 87.2 78.0-92.9 15 12.8 7.1-22.0
Buncombe 130 116 88.4 80.6-93.3 14 11.6 6.7-19.4
Cabarrus 124 109 81.0 68.5-89.3 15 19.0 10.7-31.5
Catawba 160 141 82.7 71.3-90.2 19 17.3 9.8-28.7
Cumberland 155 140 86.6 76.5-92.8 15 13.4 7.2-23.5
Davidson 144 122 83.6 74.6-89.9 22 16.4 10.1-25.4
Durham 126 109 78.9 66.8-87.4 17 21.1 12.6-33.2
Forsyth 139 123 83.6 70.3-91.6 16 16.4 8.4-29.7
Gaston 159 138 76.5 61.2-87.1 21 23.5 12.9-38.8
Guilford 153 128 78.2 66.2-86.8 25 21.8 13.2-33.8
Iredell 141 126 82.3 66.7-91.5 15 17.7 8.5-33.3
Johnston 165 139 79.5 67.9-87.7 26 20.5 12.3-32.1
Mecklenburg 221 198 79.1 67.9-87.1 23 20.9 12.9-32.1
New Hanover 154 137 85.6 74.4-92.5 17 14.4 7.5-25.6
Onslow 136 115 73.7 59.5-84.3 21 26.3 15.7-40.5
Orange 109 92 73.9 59.0-84.7 17 26.1 15.3-41.0
Pitt 157 138 85.8 78.0-91.2 19 14.2 8.8-22.0
Randolph 147 125 78.5 68.1-86.2 22 21.5 13.8-31.9
Robeson 190 163 82.2 74.1-88.2 27 17.8 11.8-25.9
Rowan 160 146 86.2 75.4-92.7 14 13.8 7.3-24.6
Union 124 101 74.1 61.0-83.9 23 25.9 16.1-39.0
Wake 187 167 87.4 80.6-92.0 20 12.6 8.0-19.4
Wayne 161 138 78.4 66.5-86.9 23 21.6 13.1-33.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,983 1,749 85.0 82.6-87.2 234 15.0 12.8-17.4
Piedmont 2,568 2,233 80.3 77.4-82.9 335 19.7 17.1-22.6
Western NC 1,133 999 84.1 80.8-86.9 134 15.9 13.1-19.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 736 647 85.6 81.9-88.6 89 14.4 11.4-18.1
Northwest 1,191 1,055 83.4 79.5-86.7 136 16.6 13.3-20.5
Charlotte 733 633 77.0 70.3-82.5 100 23.0 17.5-29.7
Greensboro 601 514 78.5 72.1-83.8 87 21.5 16.2-27.9
Southern Regional 560 487 81.4 75.7-86.0 73 18.6 14.0-24.3
Coastal 329 305 91.9 86.5-95.2 24 8.1 4.8-13.5
Wake 562 488 83.1 78.0-87.2 74 16.9 12.8-22.0
Area L 183 161 84.3 76.2-90.0 22 15.7 10.0-23.8
Eastern 789 691 84.1 80.2-87.4 98 15.9 12.6-19.8

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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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