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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 4,384 3,926 89.5 88.0-90.8 458 10.5 9.2-12.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 89 85 96.8 91.2-98.9 4 3.2 1.1- 8.8
Buncombe 92 83 89.1 76.4-95.4 9 10.9 4.6-23.6
Cabarrus 115 105 84.1 64.1-94.0 10 15.9 6.0-35.9
Catawba 123 109 92.2 86.3-95.7 14 7.8 4.3-13.7
Cumberland 121 109 89.0 79.6-94.4 12 11.0 5.6-20.4
Davidson 114 110 97.2 92.4-99.0 4 2.8 1.0- 7.6
Durham 84 72 83.7 71.8-91.3 12 16.3 8.7-28.2
Forsyth 110 97 89.4 80.3-94.6 13 10.6 5.4-19.7
Gaston 113 104 93.2 85.5-97.0 9 6.8 3.0-14.5
Guilford 130 122 96.2 92.2-98.2 8 3.8 1.8- 7.8
Iredell 143 133 93.3 86.8-96.7 10 6.7 3.3-13.2
Johnston 154 143 94.3 89.0-97.1 11 5.7 2.9-11.0
Mecklenburg 209 180 83.6 75.3-89.4 29 16.4 10.6-24.7
New Hanover 126 113 87.9 76.9-94.1 13 12.1 5.9-23.1
Onslow 126 116 93.9 87.1-97.2 10 6.1 2.8-12.9
Orange 81 66 82.8 70.0-90.9 15 17.2 9.1-30.0
Pitt 113 102 89.5 79.7-94.9 11 10.5 5.1-20.3
Randolph 122 117 95.6 89.5-98.3 5 4.4 1.7-10.5
Robeson 123 110 88.8 80.1-94.0 13 11.2 6.0-19.9
Rowan 154 145 92.0 82.5-96.5 9 8.0 3.5-17.5
Union 103 88 85.8 76.1-92.0 15 14.2 8.0-23.9
Wake 189 172 91.1 84.7-95.0 17 8.9 5.0-15.3
Wayne 103 96 91.5 79.7-96.7 7 8.5 3.3-20.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,477 1,327 89.9 87.7-91.8 150 10.1 8.2-12.3
Piedmont 2,162 1,959 89.7 87.4-91.6 203 10.3 8.4-12.6
Western NC 745 640 87.0 83.4-89.9 105 13.0 10.1-16.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 465 391 84.6 79.4-88.6 74 15.4 11.4-20.6
Northwest 965 879 90.2 85.9-93.2 86 9.8 6.8-14.1
Charlotte 599 531 85.5 80.3-89.6 68 14.5 10.4-19.7
Greensboro 490 450 92.7 88.3-95.6 40 7.3 4.4-11.7
Southern Regional 409 370 91.2 87.3-94.0 39 8.8 6.0-12.7
Coastal 256 221 86.9 80.6-91.4 35 13.1 8.6-19.4
Wake 500 455 91.9 88.2-94.5 45 8.1 5.5-11.8
Area L 125 119 97.2 93.6-98.8 6 2.8 1.2- 6.4
Eastern 575 510 87.2 82.9-90.6 65 12.8 9.4-17.1

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*Asked only of those who have gambled in the last SIX months.

^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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