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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Tobacco Opinion

In the last 12 months, have you heard about or seen the North Carolina TRU (or Tobacco.
Reality. Unfiltered.) media campaign directed at preventing tobacco use among youth?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, more than once Yes, only once No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,641 2,351 38.8 37.0-40.7 476 7.3 6.4- 8.4 3,814 53.8 52.0-55.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 160 59 42.8 31.0-55.6 13 6.5 3.3-12.2 88 50.7 38.9-62.5
Buncombe 166 44 21.7 15.1-30.2 11 10.2 5.1-19.1 111 68.1 58.2-76.6
Cabarrus 166 58 38.1 27.8-49.7 17 8.5 4.4-15.9 91 53.4 41.8-64.5
Catawba 187 55 29.4 22.0-38.1 14 5.8 3.1-10.5 118 64.8 55.9-72.7
Cumberland 174 67 42.6 33.1-52.7 13 7.2 3.2-15.2 94 50.2 40.5-60.0
Davidson 162 64 36.7 27.4-47.2 17 13.9 7.2-25.3 81 49.4 38.5-60.3
Durham 148 49 32.4 22.1-44.7 8 4.1 1.8- 9.2 91 63.5 50.9-74.5
Forsyth 167 71 45.1 35.5-55.2 12 4.6 2.4- 8.5 84 50.2 40.4-60.1
Gaston 176 64 44.1 33.7-55.0 11 7.8 3.6-16.3 101 48.1 38.0-58.3
Guilford 172 66 42.7 32.4-53.7 20 15.2 7.4-28.6 86 42.1 32.6-52.2
Iredell 162 67 40.8 31.7-50.6 8 5.0 2.3-10.5 87 54.2 44.4-63.8
Johnston 195 80 45.3 33.4-57.7 11 5.4 2.6-10.8 104 49.3 37.6-61.1
Mecklenburg 302 116 37.3 30.5-44.8 27 11.3 7.0-17.8 159 51.4 43.7-59.0
New Hanover 173 69 48.3 38.2-58.6 14 11.0 5.3-21.5 90 40.7 31.3-50.8
Onslow 170 66 44.2 34.0-54.9 7 2.4 1.1- 5.5 97 53.4 42.9-63.6
Orange 152 43 29.6 20.5-40.8 10 7.2 3.4-14.3 99 63.2 52.0-73.2
Pitt 193 81 44.3 36.0-52.9 14 5.8 3.3- 9.9 98 49.9 41.5-58.4
Randolph 159 66 42.9 32.5-54.1 9 4.7 2.2- 9.6 84 52.4 41.7-62.9
Robeson 196 63 35.7 26.9-45.5 14 5.7 2.8-11.1 119 58.6 48.9-67.7
Rowan 205 85 43.7 35.1-52.7 10 3.8 1.8- 7.8 110 52.5 43.6-61.2
Union 159 67 41.0 31.5-51.2 10 5.2 2.6-10.2 82 53.8 43.6-63.6
Wake 263 98 38.3 31.2-46.0 18 6.8 4.0-11.4 147 54.8 47.2-62.3
Wayne 157 55 41.6 31.5-52.4 17 9.7 5.4-16.9 85 48.7 38.5-59.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,164 785 38.6 35.6-41.6 156 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,223 54.8 51.7-57.9
Piedmont 3,150 1,198 41.8 39.2-44.4 238 7.6 6.3- 9.2 1,714 50.6 48.0-53.3
Western NC 1,327 368 26.8 23.8-30.0 82 7.7 5.8-10.1 877 65.6 62.0-68.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 934 225 23.3 19.7-27.2 57 7.2 5.1-10.2 652 69.5 65.2-73.5
Northwest 1,333 511 41.7 37.5-46.0 93 6.9 5.3- 9.0 729 51.4 47.1-55.6
Charlotte 898 349 41.8 37.1-46.7 71 9.2 6.6-12.7 478 49.0 44.2-53.9
Greensboro 721 261 41.0 35.5-46.8 56 9.1 5.6-14.5 404 49.9 44.4-55.4
Southern Regional 627 221 40.5 34.9-46.4 46 6.0 4.0- 8.9 360 53.5 47.7-59.2
Coastal 354 124 40.2 33.2-47.5 26 7.3 4.4-11.9 204 52.5 45.3-59.6
Wake 711 269 40.4 35.3-45.8 47 5.8 4.0- 8.3 395 53.8 48.4-59.0
Area L 206 92 43.8 35.0-53.0 12 8.3 3.7-17.6 102 47.9 38.8-57.2
Eastern 857 299 34.2 30.0-38.8 68 6.6 4.9- 8.9 490 59.1 54.5-63.6

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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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