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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 14,243 5,816 37.9 36.7-39.2 6,329 46.5 45.2-47.8 1,519 11.4 10.6-12.3 152 0.9 0.7- 1.1 427 3.3 2.8- 3.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 333 123 40.8 32.8-49.4 153 42.3 35.0-49.8 44 13.5 9.6-18.6 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 10 2.0 1.0- 4.3
Buncombe 342 161 41.1 34.5-48.0 140 45.5 38.3-52.8 26 8.0 4.4-14.1 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8 8 3.7 1.3- 9.6
Cabarrus 345 150 38.2 31.1-45.9 147 48.4 40.3-56.7 33 10.8 6.9-16.5 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 10 1.8 1.0- 3.5
Catawba 397 155 36.7 30.0-44.0 184 48.2 41.3-55.1 41 10.7 7.6-14.9 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 11 3.2 1.3- 7.3
Cumberland 359 136 32.4 26.5-38.8 156 45.2 38.2-52.4 48 18.0 12.5-25.1 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 15 3.4 1.9- 6.2
Davidson 348 133 35.9 28.9-43.4 163 50.9 43.3-58.5 40 10.5 7.3-14.9 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5
Durham 318 167 52.8 44.6-60.7 110 34.9 27.9-42.6 31 9.5 6.2-14.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.1 7 2.5 1.0- 6.2
Forsyth 366 167 42.9 36.0-50.0 154 43.9 36.9-51.1 31 9.3 5.9-14.2 3 0.7 0.1- 3.0 11 3.3 1.6- 6.8
Gaston 366 141 35.7 29.4-42.6 166 51.7 44.7-58.7 44 10.0 7.1-14.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 12 2.1 1.1- 4.1
Guilford 376 154 37.5 31.2-44.3 174 47.7 40.8-54.7 34 10.4 6.8-15.6 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 11 3.8 1.7- 8.3
Iredell 378 144 35.2 29.2-41.6 177 49.0 42.4-55.7 45 11.5 8.2-15.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 10 3.6 1.5- 8.4
Johnston 423 147 31.3 24.8-38.6 192 51.0 42.5-59.5 65 13.7 9.9-18.7 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0 13 3.1 1.4- 6.9
Mecklenburg 658 308 44.7 39.6-49.8 282 43.1 38.1-48.2 49 10.0 7.0-14.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 14 1.7 1.0- 3.1
New Hanover 381 160 35.4 28.8-42.7 181 50.1 42.0-58.2 32 12.0 7.0-19.8 4 1.3 0.3- 5.0 4 1.1 0.3- 4.3
Onslow 367 140 35.4 29.3-42.1 170 48.3 41.5-55.3 45 12.0 7.8-18.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 11 4.2 1.7- 9.7
Orange 338 184 48.9 41.0-56.9 110 40.0 32.0-48.6 33 8.7 5.4-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 11 2.4 1.2- 4.7
Pitt 368 138 35.7 29.6-42.2 168 44.0 37.7-50.5 43 11.9 8.3-16.8 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 15 7.6 4.1-13.8
Randolph 358 125 34.8 28.3-41.8 176 47.3 40.5-54.3 46 14.5 10.1-20.4 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0
Robeson 396 114 27.8 21.7-34.8 194 47.2 40.6-54.0 67 19.4 14.5-25.4 6 1.9 0.7- 4.8 15 3.7 2.1- 6.5
Rowan 436 164 33.5 27.8-39.8 209 53.3 47.0-59.5 42 9.0 6.3-12.7 8 1.4 0.6- 3.0 13 2.8 1.5- 5.1
Union 359 149 41.5 34.7-48.6 165 43.9 37.4-50.7 32 10.4 6.7-15.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 9 3.0 1.3- 7.0
Wake 593 268 43.3 38.0-48.7 268 44.7 39.4-50.1 37 8.3 5.2-13.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 19 3.5 2.0- 5.9
Wayne 339 123 33.4 26.9-40.6 147 46.0 38.5-53.6 51 15.7 11.3-21.5 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8 14 3.9 2.1- 6.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,605 1,717 33.4 31.5-35.4 2,063 46.7 44.5-48.9 599 14.2 12.7-15.8 57 1.2 0.8- 1.6 169 4.5 3.6- 5.7
Piedmont 6,849 2,895 39.8 38.1-41.6 3,047 46.6 44.8-48.4 663 10.2 9.1-11.6 61 0.7 0.5- 1.0 183 2.7 2.1- 3.3
Western NC 2,789 1,204 39.2 36.8-41.7 1,219 45.3 42.7-47.9 257 10.9 9.2-12.8 34 1.2 0.8- 1.8 75 3.4 2.4- 4.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,850 805 40.6 37.6-43.8 809 44.9 41.7-48.1 158 9.4 7.5-11.7 23 1.2 0.8- 2.0 55 3.9 2.6- 5.8
Northwest 2,986 1,206 37.0 34.4-39.7 1,358 47.9 45.0-50.7 310 11.5 9.8-13.4 39 1.1 0.7- 1.7 73 2.5 1.8- 3.4
Charlotte 1,953 838 40.8 37.6-44.0 865 45.9 42.6-49.2 181 10.4 8.4-12.9 19 0.8 0.4- 2.0 50 2.0 1.4- 3.0
Greensboro 1,602 675 39.3 35.8-42.9 698 46.4 42.7-50.1 173 10.5 8.5-12.8 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 47 3.2 2.0- 5.0
Southern Regional 1,304 448 31.1 27.6-34.8 615 48.6 44.4-52.7 168 14.6 11.7-18.2 19 1.3 0.8- 2.3 54 4.3 2.9- 6.4
Coastal 741 289 29.5 25.3-33.9 338 50.2 44.4-56.0 88 14.7 11.1-19.2 8 0.8 0.3- 2.2 18 4.7 2.1-10.5
Wake 1,540 660 40.7 37.0-44.4 674 46.3 42.5-50.1 150 9.4 7.1-12.5 10 0.3 0.1- 0.6 46 3.4 2.2- 5.1
Area L 390 149 37.1 31.0-43.7 159 42.2 35.5-49.1 54 14.2 10.2-19.4 7 1.8 0.7- 4.6 21 4.7 3.0- 7.5
Eastern 1,877 746 37.0 34.0-40.2 813 44.3 41.1-47.6 237 13.7 11.3-16.4 18 1.0 0.5- 1.8 63 4.0 2.9- 5.7

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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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