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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 6,235 584 9.3 8.3-10.4 5,651 90.7 89.6-91.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 135 9 7.5 3.4-15.6 126 92.5 84.4-96.6
Buncombe 146 15 9.5 5.4-16.3 131 90.5 83.7-94.6
Cabarrus 158 15 7.9 4.2-14.1 143 92.1 85.9-95.8
Catawba 170 16 9.2 4.8-16.9 154 90.8 83.1-95.2
Cumberland 149 18 12.7 7.4-21.0 131 87.3 79.0-92.6
Davidson 153 25 15.7 8.9-26.2 128 84.3 73.8-91.1
Durham 152 8 6.0 2.6-13.2 144 94.0 86.8-97.4
Forsyth 158 15 9.9 5.2-18.2 143 90.1 81.8-94.8
Gaston 161 29 21.8 13.7-33.1 132 78.2 66.9-86.3
Guilford 162 3 4.0 0.8-16.9 159 96.0 83.1-99.2
Iredell 166 13 7.9 4.0-15.3 153 92.1 84.7-96.0
Johnston 179 21 13.8 7.3-24.6 158 86.2 75.4-92.7
Mecklenburg 306 19 7.9 4.4-13.9 287 92.1 86.1-95.6
New Hanover 171 12 8.6 4.2-16.6 159 91.4 83.4-95.8
Onslow 167 17 9.5 5.3-16.3 150 90.5 83.7-94.7
Orange 158 8 6.9 2.2-19.5 150 93.1 80.5-97.8
Pitt 158 13 9.0 4.5-16.9 145 91.0 83.1-95.5
Randolph 166 13 8.1 4.1-15.4 153 91.9 84.6-95.9
Robeson 164 21 9.5 5.8-15.0 143 90.5 85.0-94.2
Rowan 185 14 7.3 3.4-15.0 171 92.7 85.0-96.6
Union 162 19 9.6 5.2-16.9 143 90.4 83.1-94.8
Wake 267 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8 252 96.7 94.2-98.1
Wayne 157 16 8.5 4.3-15.9 141 91.5 84.1-95.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,020 191 9.4 7.8-11.3 1,829 90.6 88.7-92.2
Piedmont 3,034 269 8.9 7.5-10.6 2,765 91.1 89.4-92.5
Western NC 1,181 124 10.5 8.4-13.0 1,057 89.5 87.0-91.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 738 77 10.8 8.3-14.0 661 89.2 86.0-91.7
Northwest 1,325 145 12.9 10.0-16.4 1,180 87.1 83.6-90.0
Charlotte 891 101 11.9 9.1-15.4 790 88.1 84.6-90.9
Greensboro 729 39 5.5 3.3- 9.0 690 94.5 91.0-96.7
Southern Regional 550 56 10.1 7.2-14.1 494 89.9 85.9-92.8
Coastal 305 21 8.0 4.8-13.2 284 92.0 86.8-95.2
Wake 671 51 5.6 3.9- 7.9 620 94.4 92.1-96.1
Area L 157 23 14.1 8.8-21.9 134 85.9 78.1-91.2
Eastern 869 71 6.9 5.0- 9.5 798 93.1 90.5-95.0

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*Includes those with moderate or higher levels of depression severity, as defined by researchers at the CDC.

^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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