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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 14,095 8,475 56.8 55.5-58.1 5,620 43.2 41.9-44.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 331 200 53.5 45.5-61.2 131 46.5 38.8-54.5
Buncombe 339 224 61.6 54.3-68.5 115 38.4 31.5-45.7
Cabarrus 345 220 58.9 50.6-66.7 125 41.1 33.3-49.4
Catawba 387 225 54.8 47.7-61.7 162 45.2 38.3-52.3
Cumberland 357 219 62.4 55.3-69.0 138 37.6 31.0-44.7
Davidson 347 203 56.9 49.2-64.3 144 43.1 35.7-50.8
Durham 311 206 58.2 49.2-66.7 105 41.8 33.3-50.8
Forsyth 363 220 54.5 47.4-61.5 143 45.5 38.5-52.6
Gaston 371 219 59.3 52.3-65.9 152 40.7 34.1-47.7
Guilford 364 230 62.7 55.7-69.2 134 37.3 30.8-44.3
Iredell 372 225 58.3 51.5-64.7 147 41.7 35.3-48.5
Johnston 418 236 48.7 40.3-57.3 182 51.3 42.7-59.7
Mecklenburg 645 422 61.7 56.3-66.7 223 38.3 33.3-43.7
New Hanover 374 243 62.3 54.0-69.9 131 37.7 30.1-46.0
Onslow 361 233 64.6 57.5-71.1 128 35.4 28.9-42.5
Orange 335 213 54.5 46.1-62.7 122 45.5 37.3-53.9
Pitt 370 216 54.1 47.6-60.4 154 45.9 39.6-52.4
Randolph 361 223 60.4 53.5-66.9 138 39.6 33.1-46.5
Robeson 395 191 40.9 34.6-47.5 204 59.1 52.5-65.4
Rowan 420 250 53.9 47.4-60.2 170 46.1 39.8-52.6
Union 358 235 62.7 55.6-69.4 123 37.3 30.6-44.4
Wake 581 393 62.1 56.3-67.5 188 37.9 32.5-43.7
Wayne 343 184 49.8 42.4-57.3 159 50.2 42.7-57.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,577 2,586 53.3 51.1-55.4 1,991 46.7 44.6-48.9
Piedmont 6,753 4,172 58.0 56.2-59.9 2,581 42.0 40.1-43.8
Western NC 2,765 1,717 59.0 56.4-61.6 1,048 41.0 38.4-43.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,824 1,170 60.6 57.3-63.8 654 39.4 36.2-42.7
Northwest 2,950 1,738 56.2 53.3-59.0 1,212 43.8 41.0-46.7
Charlotte 1,934 1,222 60.2 56.8-63.5 712 39.8 36.5-43.2
Greensboro 1,591 971 55.8 52.0-59.5 620 44.2 40.5-48.0
Southern Regional 1,299 718 54.1 49.9-58.2 581 45.9 41.8-50.1
Coastal 728 438 55.3 49.9-60.6 290 44.7 39.4-50.1
Wake 1,511 948 58.1 54.1-62.1 563 41.9 37.9-45.9
Area L 387 184 46.8 40.1-53.6 203 53.2 46.4-59.9
Eastern 1,871 1,086 54.5 51.2-57.8 785 45.5 42.2-48.8

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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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