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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,294 13,320 92.7 91.9-93.4 521 4.3 3.7- 5.0 453 3.0 2.6- 3.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 337 320 94.1 87.9-97.2 7 3.2 1.0-10.5 10 2.6 1.2- 5.8
Buncombe 343 318 91.5 85.1-95.3 12 4.1 1.8- 9.0 13 4.4 1.8-10.4
Cabarrus 350 328 89.4 80.1-94.7 11 4.1 1.4-11.2 11 6.5 2.5-15.7
Catawba 394 375 96.5 94.3-97.8 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Cumberland 367 336 93.6 90.5-95.7 21 4.1 2.6- 6.5 10 2.3 1.1- 4.8
Davidson 352 323 92.5 85.2-96.3 15 5.5 2.1-13.7 14 2.1 1.1- 3.9
Durham 318 297 87.2 76.0-93.6 12 9.2 3.6-21.6 9 3.7 1.5- 8.4
Forsyth 367 342 90.6 84.5-94.4 20 7.8 4.3-13.9 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5
Gaston 374 350 93.8 89.8-96.3 8 1.8 0.7- 4.6 16 4.4 2.4- 8.0
Guilford 370 353 96.1 93.1-97.8 9 1.7 0.8- 3.3 8 2.2 0.9- 5.3
Iredell 376 356 95.2 90.7-97.5 10 1.5 0.7- 2.9 10 3.4 1.3- 8.2
Johnston 421 396 91.4 82.9-95.9 14 3.8 1.8- 7.6 11 4.8 1.4-15.0
Mecklenburg 656 620 95.1 92.2-97.0 15 2.2 1.0- 4.8 21 2.7 1.5- 4.7
New Hanover 377 359 96.4 93.5-98.0 11 2.8 1.3- 5.8 7 0.8 0.4- 1.7
Onslow 368 352 94.3 88.7-97.2 8 3.6 1.3- 9.6 8 2.1 0.8- 5.1
Orange 341 328 95.1 88.4-98.0 7 3.7 1.1-11.2 6 1.3 0.6- 3.0
Pitt 371 342 93.7 89.3-96.3 15 4.1 1.9- 8.8 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9
Randolph 364 342 94.6 91.1-96.7 14 4.2 2.3- 7.7 8 1.2 0.6- 2.5
Robeson 399 359 87.5 81.5-91.8 18 6.9 3.8-12.3 22 5.5 3.0-10.1
Rowan 434 405 90.6 84.5-94.5 19 5.0 2.4-10.0 10 4.4 1.9- 9.7
Union 361 342 93.9 88.9-96.8 10 2.3 1.2- 4.5 9 3.7 1.4- 9.4
Wake 590 557 92.2 87.3-95.3 21 5.9 3.1-11.0 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6
Wayne 349 317 88.5 81.7-93.0 19 9.0 4.9-16.1 13 2.4 1.3- 4.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,636 4,272 91.4 89.9-92.7 184 5.1 4.0- 6.4 180 3.5 2.8- 4.3
Piedmont 6,862 6,447 93.3 92.2-94.3 229 4.0 3.2- 5.1 186 2.7 2.2- 3.2
Western NC 2,796 2,601 92.7 91.1-94.1 108 4.0 3.0- 5.2 87 3.3 2.4- 4.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,848 1,722 93.0 90.8-94.6 63 3.2 2.2- 4.7 63 3.8 2.6- 5.6
Northwest 2,993 2,798 92.9 91.2-94.3 123 4.9 3.6- 6.5 72 2.2 1.6- 3.0
Charlotte 1,959 1,840 94.0 92.2-95.4 53 2.4 1.6- 3.7 66 3.6 2.6- 5.0
Greensboro 1,613 1,524 94.3 92.4-95.7 49 3.3 2.2- 4.8 40 2.4 1.6- 3.8
Southern Regional 1,329 1,201 91.9 89.7-93.7 68 4.8 3.4- 6.9 60 3.2 2.3- 4.5
Coastal 737 690 92.5 87.6-95.5 27 5.5 2.8-10.7 20 2.0 1.2- 3.4
Wake 1,535 1,441 91.7 88.6-94.0 56 5.7 3.7- 8.7 38 2.6 1.7- 4.0
Area L 391 349 85.9 79.3-90.7 18 7.8 4.0-14.7 24 6.3 3.9-10.0
Eastern 1,889 1,755 92.7 90.7-94.4 64 4.2 2.9- 6.0 70 3.0 2.1- 4.3

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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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