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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, borderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,764 1,825 9.1 8.5- 9.6 120 0.9 0.7- 1.1 12,552 88.7 88.1-89.3 267 1.4 1.2- 1.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 346 39 8.5 5.5-12.9 5 1.1 0.4- 3.2 297 89.0 84.2-92.5 5 1.4 0.4- 4.4
Buncombe 355 44 9.5 6.7-13.3 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 304 89.6 85.7-92.6 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8
Cabarrus 358 51 9.1 6.5-12.4 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8 297 87.6 83.4-90.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5
Catawba 408 42 8.8 6.0-12.6 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6 355 88.5 84.3-91.7 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1
Cumberland 379 62 10.6 8.0-13.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 306 86.7 82.5-89.9 9 2.4 0.9- 6.1
Davidson 368 56 13.2 9.5-18.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 298 83.2 77.4-87.8 13 3.3 1.2- 8.6
Durham 332 41 9.4 6.4-13.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8 280 87.7 83.0-91.3 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0
Forsyth 377 30 5.6 3.6- 8.7 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 337 92.3 89.0-94.7 8 1.4 0.7- 3.0
Gaston 387 60 11.6 8.5-15.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 315 85.2 80.5-88.9 11 2.7 1.2- 6.0
Guilford 387 48 9.6 6.9-13.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 332 88.8 84.9-91.7 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Iredell 391 42 8.5 5.9-12.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 340 90.2 86.7-92.9 8 1.1 0.5- 2.2
Johnston 435 47 7.9 5.3-11.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 376 90.0 85.9-93.0 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Mecklenburg 683 64 7.5 5.6- 9.9 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 608 90.9 88.3-93.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
New Hanover 388 47 9.9 7.0-13.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 339 89.7 85.7-92.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
Onslow 377 47 8.8 6.2-12.2 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 316 87.8 83.4-91.1 11 2.9 1.2- 6.6
Orange 346 28 5.8 3.7- 8.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 314 93.3 90.0-95.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
Pitt 381 58 11.2 8.2-15.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.0 315 87.1 83.0-90.3 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2
Randolph 374 49 10.6 7.5-14.7 6 1.5 0.7- 3.3 313 87.1 82.8-90.4 6 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Robeson 409 63 9.7 7.2-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 339 89.3 85.9-91.9 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4
Rowan 449 71 12.3 9.2-16.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 370 86.8 82.8-90.0 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2
Union 375 36 6.6 4.4- 9.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 330 90.9 87.1-93.6 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7
Wake 606 52 6.8 4.9- 9.3 6 0.9 0.4- 2.1 544 91.9 89.2-94.0 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1
Wayne 356 40 7.0 4.9- 9.8 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 305 90.8 87.5-93.3 9 2.0 1.0- 4.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,770 657 10.1 9.1-11.1 35 0.8 0.5- 1.2 3,984 87.6 86.5-88.7 94 1.6 1.2- 2.1
Piedmont 7,098 822 8.5 7.7- 9.3 61 0.9 0.7- 1.2 6,099 89.4 88.5-90.3 116 1.2 1.0- 1.6
Western NC 2,896 346 9.5 8.4-10.8 24 0.9 0.6- 1.6 2,469 87.8 86.3-89.1 57 1.7 1.2- 2.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,911 237 9.9 8.5-11.6 14 0.6 0.3- 1.1 1,622 87.9 86.1-89.5 38 1.6 1.1- 2.5
Northwest 3,104 368 8.8 7.7-10.1 21 0.8 0.5- 1.3 2,650 88.5 87.0-89.8 65 1.9 1.4- 2.7
Charlotte 2,037 243 8.4 7.2- 9.9 19 1.1 0.7- 1.9 1,745 89.2 87.5-90.7 30 1.2 0.8- 1.9
Greensboro 1,658 186 9.0 7.4-10.8 21 1.2 0.7- 2.0 1,429 88.7 86.7-90.5 22 1.1 0.7- 1.9
Southern Regional 1,362 191 8.7 7.2-10.3 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7 1,135 89.2 87.2-90.9 30 1.9 1.1- 3.2
Coastal 762 101 9.9 7.8-12.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 650 87.8 84.7-90.3 7 1.1 0.4- 3.0
Wake 1,584 172 8.3 6.7-10.1 12 0.8 0.4- 1.4 1,378 90.3 88.4-92.0 22 0.7 0.4- 1.1
Area L 403 76 14.9 11.4-19.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4 313 81.9 77.1-85.8 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7
Eastern 1,943 251 9.4 8.0-11.0 20 0.9 0.5- 1.5 1,630 88.3 86.6-89.8 42 1.4 1.0- 2.0

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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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