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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,510 10,194 68.4 67.1-69.6 1,048 8.0 7.3- 8.8 1,234 9.2 8.4- 9.9 1,103 8.5 7.7- 9.4 931 5.9 5.4- 6.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 338 238 70.5 63.6-76.5 31 8.6 5.6-12.9 32 7.5 4.9-11.2 21 7.5 4.6-12.1 16 6.0 3.3-10.6
Buncombe 347 247 68.3 61.0-74.8 22 5.7 3.4- 9.4 29 12.2 7.5-19.3 32 9.3 5.8-14.7 17 4.4 2.6- 7.5
Cabarrus 355 240 70.5 63.5-76.6 21 3.3 2.0- 5.5 40 10.3 6.9-15.1 36 11.4 7.5-16.8 18 4.6 2.4- 8.5
Catawba 404 282 65.6 58.4-72.1 33 11.5 7.1-18.0 29 7.6 4.6-12.3 36 10.2 6.5-15.5 24 5.2 2.8- 9.2
Cumberland 366 231 61.6 54.5-68.3 26 8.2 4.8-13.7 39 10.3 6.8-15.5 42 13.3 9.0-19.1 28 6.6 4.0-10.6
Davidson 363 248 68.0 60.8-74.5 23 5.5 3.4- 8.7 23 7.9 4.6-13.3 32 8.7 5.4-13.6 37 9.9 6.2-15.3
Durham 329 230 66.2 58.2-73.3 24 7.3 4.6-11.4 37 14.3 9.0-22.0 24 6.1 3.7- 9.9 14 6.1 3.2-11.3
Forsyth 368 267 72.3 65.6-78.1 28 8.1 5.1-12.6 32 8.4 5.4-12.9 26 8.2 4.8-13.7 15 3.0 1.5- 5.6
Gaston 378 259 70.3 63.8-76.0 22 6.6 3.5-12.0 33 7.1 4.8-10.3 31 7.8 5.1-11.8 33 8.3 5.4-12.5
Guilford 384 268 67.9 60.7-74.2 27 8.4 4.9-13.9 37 9.9 6.9-14.0 27 8.5 4.4-15.8 25 5.4 3.3- 8.6
Iredell 384 267 65.3 58.4-71.5 26 8.4 4.9-13.9 38 12.0 8.0-17.6 34 10.2 6.7-15.1 19 4.2 2.4- 7.2
Johnston 428 292 63.0 54.1-71.0 39 6.8 4.7- 9.9 36 14.5 7.9-24.9 30 9.0 5.5-14.5 31 6.7 4.3-10.2
Mecklenburg 674 463 64.7 59.6-69.5 69 11.6 8.7-15.4 61 8.4 6.2-11.2 49 9.2 6.4-13.0 32 6.1 3.8- 9.5
New Hanover 382 282 72.6 65.3-78.8 28 9.3 5.3-15.9 37 9.4 6.3-13.7 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5 17 3.2 1.8- 5.6
Onslow 370 244 64.8 58.0-71.0 27 7.2 4.5-11.3 36 10.8 7.1-16.1 33 8.5 5.5-13.0 30 8.7 5.5-13.6
Orange 343 231 66.4 58.2-73.6 41 11.7 7.7-17.4 34 9.9 6.5-14.9 18 6.1 3.0-11.9 19 6.0 2.4-14.1
Pitt 370 259 68.8 62.1-74.8 37 11.6 7.7-17.0 28 6.6 4.3- 9.9 30 8.2 5.2-12.7 16 4.8 2.2-10.3
Randolph 372 275 73.4 67.2-78.8 24 7.6 4.6-12.3 21 7.6 4.4-12.7 27 6.2 4.1- 9.4 25 5.2 3.4- 7.9
Robeson 399 281 69.3 62.5-75.3 30 7.5 4.7-11.6 31 10.4 6.3-16.8 29 6.2 4.0- 9.5 28 6.7 3.9-11.2
Rowan 445 292 59.8 53.3-66.0 33 7.4 4.6-11.7 45 13.0 8.7-18.9 38 9.2 6.3-13.3 37 10.6 6.9-15.9
Union 372 272 72.3 66.1-77.8 26 7.3 4.6-11.2 32 9.6 6.4-14.0 21 6.6 3.9-10.9 21 4.3 2.5- 7.4
Wake 598 433 70.7 65.1-75.8 61 10.6 7.9-14.0 56 9.9 6.7-14.4 30 6.6 3.6-11.7 18 2.3 1.4- 3.7
Wayne 345 262 75.6 68.8-81.3 17 5.2 2.8- 9.3 22 6.4 3.8-10.4 21 7.5 4.0-13.5 23 5.4 3.3- 8.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,671 3,297 68.3 66.2-70.3 332 7.5 6.4- 8.7 383 9.7 8.4-11.3 355 8.1 7.1- 9.3 304 6.3 5.4- 7.5
Piedmont 7,001 4,903 68.2 66.4-69.9 538 8.6 7.6- 9.7 616 8.8 7.9- 9.9 528 8.8 7.6-10.1 416 5.6 4.9- 6.5
Western NC 2,838 1,994 69.3 66.9-71.7 178 6.6 5.5- 7.9 235 9.3 7.8-11.2 220 8.3 6.9- 9.9 211 6.4 5.4- 7.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,874 1,347 71.3 68.3-74.2 107 5.8 4.6- 7.3 137 8.3 6.4-10.7 149 8.9 7.1-11.1 134 5.7 4.6- 7.1
Northwest 3,050 2,083 65.5 62.7-68.2 219 8.0 6.5- 9.9 274 9.6 8.2-11.2 255 10.3 8.3-12.7 219 6.5 5.4- 7.9
Charlotte 2,007 1,393 66.8 63.5-69.8 151 9.1 7.2-11.5 184 8.3 6.9-10.0 154 9.5 7.5-12.0 125 6.3 4.9- 8.1
Greensboro 1,642 1,167 69.5 65.9-72.9 137 9.0 6.9-11.6 138 8.2 6.6-10.1 108 7.7 5.6-10.6 92 5.6 4.2- 7.4
Southern Regional 1,328 904 66.4 62.4-70.2 90 6.4 4.8- 8.5 119 10.2 7.7-13.4 111 8.4 6.6-10.7 104 8.6 6.5-11.2
Coastal 749 545 72.7 67.7-77.1 45 6.6 4.4- 9.8 67 8.4 6.2-11.3 55 7.5 5.4-10.1 37 4.9 2.9- 8.1
Wake 1,560 1,107 69.8 66.1-73.3 131 8.4 6.7-10.5 140 10.3 8.0-13.3 106 7.3 5.3-10.1 76 4.1 3.0- 5.5
Area L 396 278 69.8 63.5-75.5 32 8.5 5.7-12.6 30 8.9 5.4-14.4 28 6.5 4.2- 9.9 28 6.2 4.1- 9.4
Eastern 1,904 1,370 69.0 65.7-72.1 136 8.4 6.5-10.6 145 9.1 7.2-11.5 137 7.6 5.9- 9.6 116 6.0 4.4- 8.0

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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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