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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,003 915 6.3 5.6- 6.9 6,547 45.3 44.0-46.6 3,937 28.0 26.9-29.2 486 3.5 3.1- 4.0 2,118 16.9 15.9-18.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 327 20 4.9 2.7- 8.6 154 47.6 39.7-55.6 94 23.8 18.6-30.0 6 1.1 0.5- 2.5 53 22.7 16.3-30.5
Buncombe 335 24 6.4 3.8-10.4 184 49.5 42.3-56.8 78 27.8 21.3-35.4 8 4.0 1.6-10.1 41 12.2 7.8-18.7
Cabarrus 339 24 7.1 4.3-11.6 157 44.5 36.4-52.9 91 26.0 19.9-33.3 15 4.0 2.0- 7.5 52 18.4 12.4-26.4
Catawba 387 30 5.5 3.6- 8.3 206 56.2 49.2-62.9 96 24.3 19.0-30.5 10 2.5 1.3- 4.9 45 11.5 7.9-16.4
Cumberland 359 17 3.9 2.1- 7.0 148 41.9 35.2-48.9 121 30.9 25.1-37.5 14 4.7 2.5- 8.7 59 18.6 13.2-25.5
Davidson 343 18 5.4 3.1- 9.2 149 45.9 38.2-53.8 109 27.5 21.7-34.2 10 3.1 1.5- 6.4 57 18.2 13.0-24.8
Durham 309 35 11.6 7.6-17.2 144 40.8 33.3-48.7 83 30.4 23.2-38.7 13 3.1 1.7- 5.5 34 14.2 7.7-24.7
Forsyth 357 17 4.5 2.2- 9.0 184 47.7 40.6-54.8 95 27.4 21.2-34.6 8 2.4 1.1- 5.3 53 18.1 13.1-24.4
Gaston 363 26 4.4 2.9- 6.7 153 43.0 36.1-50.1 100 32.3 25.6-39.9 15 3.6 1.8- 6.9 69 16.7 12.5-21.8
Guilford 370 18 3.8 2.2- 6.5 172 51.0 44.1-57.9 104 26.8 21.5-32.7 14 2.5 1.4- 4.5 62 15.9 11.4-21.6
Iredell 375 24 6.9 3.6-12.8 183 43.6 37.3-50.1 108 29.9 24.2-36.4 8 1.6 0.6- 3.9 52 18.0 13.1-24.4
Johnston 416 21 4.9 2.4- 9.9 165 38.9 30.9-47.6 142 34.3 26.4-43.2 18 3.4 1.9- 6.0 70 18.4 12.5-26.4
Mecklenburg 636 40 5.8 4.0- 8.5 315 47.2 42.3-52.3 180 29.4 24.9-34.2 23 3.4 2.2- 5.4 78 14.1 10.7-18.4
New Hanover 376 23 4.4 2.8- 6.9 202 54.0 45.8-62.0 94 26.0 19.6-33.5 13 2.9 1.5- 5.4 44 12.7 8.1-19.5
Onslow 366 29 7.9 4.9-12.5 176 46.4 39.7-53.2 98 27.4 21.6-34.2 11 4.3 1.6-11.1 52 14.0 9.7-19.7
Orange 332 30 8.3 5.1-13.3 188 51.8 43.5-59.9 79 26.5 19.0-35.5 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 29 12.3 7.1-20.5
Pitt 359 23 5.1 3.2- 8.1 158 41.6 35.3-48.3 101 26.0 20.8-32.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 69 24.7 18.8-31.8
Randolph 354 14 2.6 1.5- 4.6 163 45.7 38.8-52.8 104 30.6 24.6-37.4 15 2.8 1.6- 4.9 58 18.3 13.4-24.5
Robeson 388 17 5.1 2.6- 9.8 122 26.9 21.5-33.0 123 32.5 26.6-39.0 27 6.4 4.2- 9.6 99 29.2 23.2-35.9
Rowan 437 22 3.9 2.4- 6.5 212 48.6 42.2-55.0 132 26.3 21.5-31.7 13 3.6 1.7- 7.5 58 17.6 13.0-23.3
Union 354 34 10.1 6.5-15.4 165 44.2 37.5-51.1 103 30.3 24.3-37.0 12 2.6 1.3- 5.0 40 12.8 8.2-19.4
Wake 584 43 7.7 5.2-11.4 310 52.8 47.3-58.2 144 23.1 18.8-27.9 15 2.9 1.6- 5.3 72 13.5 10.0-18.0
Wayne 333 14 3.7 1.8- 7.3 137 43.2 35.7-51.0 100 27.3 21.5-34.0 15 3.2 1.8- 5.8 67 22.6 16.8-29.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,525 270 5.8 4.8- 7.0 1,914 41.4 39.3-43.6 1,333 28.7 26.7-30.7 188 4.2 3.4- 5.0 820 19.9 18.2-21.8
Piedmont 6,724 451 6.3 5.4- 7.3 3,226 46.4 44.5-48.2 1,876 27.9 26.2-29.5 215 3.2 2.6- 3.9 956 16.3 14.9-17.8
Western NC 2,754 194 6.9 5.7- 8.4 1,407 48.9 46.3-51.5 728 27.4 25.1-29.9 83 3.2 2.3- 4.5 342 13.5 11.7-15.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,819 142 7.6 6.0- 9.5 952 49.9 46.6-53.1 453 26.2 23.3-29.3 52 3.0 1.9- 4.7 220 13.4 11.1-16.0
Northwest 2,953 175 5.9 4.5- 7.6 1,442 47.0 44.2-49.8 838 26.9 24.6-29.4 86 3.0 2.2- 4.2 412 17.2 14.9-19.8
Charlotte 1,911 137 6.1 4.9- 7.6 887 44.9 41.7-48.2 539 30.3 27.3-33.5 73 3.6 2.7- 4.8 275 15.1 12.9-17.6
Greensboro 1,575 100 5.5 4.1- 7.4 753 47.0 43.3-50.8 447 28.2 25.1-31.6 48 2.5 1.8- 3.6 227 16.7 14.1-19.7
Southern Regional 1,286 63 5.2 3.4- 7.9 485 38.5 34.6-42.5 387 29.3 25.7-33.2 72 6.0 4.1- 8.6 279 21.1 18.0-24.5
Coastal 728 48 5.0 3.6- 7.1 355 47.6 41.8-53.4 197 29.3 23.9-35.4 23 2.7 1.7- 4.3 105 15.4 11.6-20.1
Wake 1,513 106 7.5 5.5-10.1 708 46.3 42.5-50.1 430 27.1 23.8-30.6 52 3.2 2.2- 4.7 217 15.9 13.1-19.2
Area L 376 27 6.1 3.8- 9.7 123 32.5 26.3-39.5 137 34.5 28.6-41.0 11 3.3 1.5- 6.8 78 23.6 17.8-30.6
Eastern 1,842 117 6.5 5.0- 8.4 842 44.3 41.1-47.6 509 25.6 22.9-28.5 69 4.2 3.0- 5.8 305 19.4 16.7-22.3

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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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