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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 14,744 12,886 81.3 80.1-82.5 1,858 18.7 17.5-19.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 347 303 83.3 77.1-88.0 44 16.7 12.0-22.9
Buncombe 352 312 81.0 73.0-87.0 40 19.0 13.0-27.0
Cabarrus 358 323 82.6 73.7-88.9 35 17.4 11.1-26.3
Catawba 408 367 81.6 74.6-87.1 41 18.4 12.9-25.4
Cumberland 380 335 82.2 74.6-87.9 45 17.8 12.1-25.4
Davidson 363 323 80.1 71.6-86.6 40 19.9 13.4-28.4
Durham 332 288 74.0 64.2-81.9 44 26.0 18.1-35.8
Forsyth 377 344 82.7 74.7-88.6 33 17.3 11.4-25.3
Gaston 387 340 83.2 76.8-88.1 47 16.8 11.9-23.2
Guilford 384 352 88.6 82.8-92.6 32 11.4 7.4-17.2
Iredell 389 348 84.4 77.9-89.3 41 15.6 10.7-22.1
Johnston 433 373 81.4 75.1-86.4 60 18.6 13.6-24.9
Mecklenburg 682 605 82.3 77.0-86.6 77 17.7 13.4-23.0
New Hanover 389 348 81.7 73.8-87.7 41 18.3 12.3-26.2
Onslow 376 331 85.9 80.6-89.9 45 14.1 10.1-19.4
Orange 346 314 80.5 70.3-87.8 32 19.5 12.2-29.7
Pitt 379 339 84.7 78.1-89.5 40 15.3 10.5-21.9
Randolph 374 312 76.3 69.0-82.3 62 23.7 17.7-31.0
Robeson 409 316 69.1 62.2-75.2 93 30.9 24.8-37.8
Rowan 449 400 85.3 79.7-89.5 49 14.7 10.5-20.3
Union 375 341 87.1 81.5-91.2 34 12.9 8.8-18.5
Wake 607 550 84.6 78.7-89.1 57 15.4 10.9-21.3
Wayne 356 309 80.8 73.3-86.7 47 19.2 13.3-26.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,765 4,114 80.4 78.4-82.3 651 19.6 17.7-21.6
Piedmont 7,088 6,293 82.1 80.3-83.7 795 17.9 16.3-19.7
Western NC 2,891 2,479 79.9 77.5-82.1 412 20.1 17.9-22.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,906 1,633 78.7 75.5-81.7 273 21.3 18.3-24.5
Northwest 3,097 2,731 81.5 78.7-83.9 366 18.5 16.1-21.3
Charlotte 2,036 1,819 83.2 80.0-86.0 217 16.8 14.0-20.0
Greensboro 1,656 1,458 83.5 80.3-86.3 198 16.5 13.7-19.7
Southern Regional 1,361 1,137 79.0 75.1-82.4 224 21.0 17.6-24.9
Coastal 761 667 80.0 74.5-84.6 94 20.0 15.4-25.5
Wake 1,582 1,382 79.7 75.6-83.2 200 20.3 16.8-24.4
Area L 404 353 81.4 74.6-86.8 51 18.6 13.2-25.4
Eastern 1,941 1,706 83.0 80.1-85.6 235 17.0 14.4-19.9

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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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