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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 14,036 7,104 52.2 50.9-53.5 6,932 47.8 46.5-49.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 333 136 47.7 39.9-55.7 197 52.3 44.3-60.1
Buncombe 340 167 50.1 42.9-57.2 173 49.9 42.8-57.1
Cabarrus 345 180 58.7 50.9-66.2 165 41.3 33.8-49.1
Catawba 387 192 48.0 41.1-55.0 195 52.0 45.0-58.9
Cumberland 355 185 51.1 44.0-58.1 170 48.9 41.9-56.0
Davidson 347 168 49.8 42.0-57.5 179 50.2 42.5-58.0
Durham 313 158 48.4 40.2-56.5 155 51.6 43.5-59.8
Forsyth 363 187 50.3 43.4-57.3 176 49.7 42.7-56.6
Gaston 367 177 49.3 42.3-56.5 190 50.7 43.5-57.7
Guilford 362 207 58.3 51.1-65.1 155 41.7 34.9-48.9
Iredell 372 224 62.3 55.6-68.5 148 37.7 31.5-44.4
Johnston 414 229 55.7 46.8-64.3 185 44.3 35.7-53.2
Mecklenburg 642 365 57.3 52.2-62.4 277 42.7 37.6-47.8
New Hanover 373 207 60.7 52.9-68.0 166 39.3 32.0-47.1
Onslow 359 198 55.6 48.6-62.5 161 44.4 37.5-51.4
Orange 335 150 47.2 39.3-55.3 185 52.8 44.7-60.7
Pitt 366 172 46.4 40.1-52.8 194 53.6 47.2-59.9
Randolph 356 194 52.2 45.3-59.0 162 47.8 41.0-54.7
Robeson 392 168 47.5 40.7-54.3 224 52.5 45.7-59.3
Rowan 422 229 56.3 50.0-62.4 193 43.7 37.6-50.0
Union 356 182 49.9 43.1-56.8 174 50.1 43.2-56.9
Wake 579 327 55.6 50.0-61.1 252 44.4 38.9-50.0
Wayne 341 168 52.5 45.0-59.9 173 47.5 40.1-55.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,548 2,299 51.7 49.5-53.8 2,249 48.3 46.2-50.5
Piedmont 6,741 3,492 52.9 51.1-54.8 3,249 47.1 45.2-48.9
Western NC 2,747 1,313 49.9 47.3-52.5 1,434 50.1 47.5-52.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,818 845 47.9 44.7-51.2 973 52.1 48.8-55.3
Northwest 2,941 1,521 52.4 49.6-55.3 1,420 47.6 44.7-50.4
Charlotte 1,924 996 53.2 49.9-56.5 928 46.8 43.5-50.1
Greensboro 1,586 793 53.2 49.5-56.9 793 46.8 43.1-50.5
Southern Regional 1,296 613 50.2 46.0-54.3 683 49.8 45.7-54.0
Coastal 724 398 57.5 52.2-62.6 326 42.5 37.4-47.8
Wake 1,505 818 54.1 50.1-57.9 687 45.9 42.1-49.9
Area L 384 178 45.8 39.2-52.5 206 54.2 47.5-60.8
Eastern 1,858 942 50.8 47.5-54.1 916 49.2 45.9-52.5

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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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