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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 2,798 1,373 48.7 45.7-51.7 1,425 51.3 48.3-54.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 71 42 60.8 46.2-73.7 29 39.2 26.3-53.8
Buncombe 71 27 28.6 17.5-43.1 44 71.4 56.9-82.5
Cabarrus 59 25 32.5 19.8-48.5 34 67.5 51.5-80.2
Catawba 67 34 44.9 28.9-62.1 33 55.1 37.9-71.1
Cumberland 75 32 50.4 35.4-65.4 43 49.6 34.6-64.6
Davidson 84 41 45.0 31.7-59.0 43 55.0 41.0-68.3
Durham 39 21 55.5 35.4-74.0 18 44.5 26.0-64.6
Forsyth 74 42 53.6 39.8-66.8 32 46.4 33.2-60.2
Gaston 75 40 50.9 35.4-66.2 35 49.1 33.8-64.6
Guilford 68 34 40.6 25.5-57.8 34 59.4 42.2-74.5
Iredell 79 40 53.5 39.3-67.2 39 46.5 32.8-60.7
Johnston 88 37 58.9 40.2-75.2 51 41.1 24.8-59.8
Mecklenburg 100 62 64.6 51.4-75.9 38 35.4 24.1-48.6
New Hanover 61 25 36.1 18.9-57.7 36 63.9 42.3-81.1
Onslow 87 44 54.6 39.6-68.9 43 45.4 31.1-60.4
Orange 37 17 54.5 27.8-78.9 20 45.5 21.1-72.2
Pitt 53 26 46.4 30.8-62.8 27 53.6 37.2-69.2
Randolph 92 54 64.7 51.1-76.3 38 35.3 23.7-48.9
Robeson 91 47 45.8 33.3-58.8 44 54.2 41.2-66.7
Rowan 91 41 49.8 36.7-62.9 50 50.2 37.1-63.3
Union 62 36 57.0 38.0-74.1 26 43.0 25.9-62.0
Wake 84 43 37.6 24.9-52.4 41 62.4 47.6-75.1
Wayne 84 47 54.3 38.6-69.1 37 45.7 30.9-61.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 986 471 48.9 44.2-53.6 515 51.1 46.4-55.8
Piedmont 1,262 664 51.0 46.4-55.5 598 49.0 44.5-53.6
Western NC 550 238 39.0 33.6-44.6 312 61.0 55.4-66.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 358 157 37.0 30.4-44.1 201 63.0 55.9-69.6
Northwest 617 289 47.9 42.2-53.7 328 52.1 46.3-57.8
Charlotte 328 182 60.3 52.1-67.9 146 39.7 32.1-47.9
Greensboro 311 168 49.6 40.7-58.5 143 50.4 41.5-59.3
Southern Regional 291 139 51.0 43.2-58.7 152 49.0 41.3-56.8
Coastal 146 56 32.9 22.9-44.7 90 67.1 55.3-77.1
Wake 261 126 44.0 34.4-54.1 135 56.0 45.9-65.6
Area L 83 47 60.7 47.9-72.2 36 39.3 27.8-52.1
Eastern 403 209 52.6 45.3-59.7 194 47.4 40.3-54.7

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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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