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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Kidney Disease

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have some form of kidney disease
including chronic kidney disease, nephritis, nephrosis, renal disease, or end-stage renal disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,842 222 2.6 2.1- 3.1 6,620 97.4 96.9-97.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 156 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0 151 97.7 94.0-99.1
Buncombe 160 6 3.3 1.5- 7.3 154 96.7 92.7-98.5
Cabarrus 169 5 2.9 1.1- 7.8 164 97.1 92.2-98.9
Catawba 189 7 4.1 1.4-11.5 182 95.9 88.5-98.6
Cumberland 164 8 3.8 1.8- 8.0 156 96.2 92.0-98.2
Davidson 169 5 2.2 0.9- 5.3 164 97.8 94.7-99.1
Durham 159 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 157 99.1 96.1-99.8
Forsyth 173 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 169 98.4 95.3-99.5
Gaston 175 12 5.5 2.7-10.9 163 94.5 89.1-97.3
Guilford 174 4 2.1 0.6- 7.5 170 97.9 92.5-99.4
Iredell 188 4 2.2 0.7- 6.4 184 97.8 93.6-99.3
Johnston 204 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 197 98.0 95.7-99.1
Mecklenburg 327 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 321 97.8 94.8-99.1
New Hanover 184 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 178 97.6 94.3-99.0
Onslow 178 9 3.5 1.6- 7.6 169 96.5 92.4-98.4
Orange 170 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 164 97.6 94.4-99.0
Pitt 167 9 5.9 2.3-14.2 158 94.1 85.8-97.7
Randolph 183 6 2.7 1.1- 6.5 177 97.3 93.5-98.9
Robeson 187 10 3.2 1.5- 6.4 177 96.8 93.6-98.5
Rowan 202 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 199 98.7 95.9-99.6
Union 176 7 2.4 1.0- 5.7 169 97.6 94.3-99.0
Wake 287 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0 283 99.0 97.0-99.7
Wayne 169 8 2.9 1.4- 6.2 161 97.1 93.8-98.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,207 83 2.4 1.8- 3.1 2,124 97.6 96.9-98.2
Piedmont 3,314 98 2.6 2.0- 3.4 3,216 97.4 96.6-98.0
Western NC 1,321 41 2.7 1.9- 4.0 1,280 97.3 96.0-98.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 819 26 2.8 1.8- 4.3 793 97.2 95.7-98.2
Northwest 1,481 42 2.9 1.9- 4.4 1,439 97.1 95.6-98.1
Charlotte 961 35 3.0 1.9- 4.6 926 97.0 95.4-98.1
Greensboro 798 24 2.2 1.3- 3.9 774 97.8 96.1-98.7
Southern Regional 612 29 3.7 2.0- 6.6 583 96.3 93.4-98.0
Coastal 335 11 2.3 1.2- 4.6 324 97.7 95.4-98.8
Wake 736 17 1.7 0.9- 3.2 719 98.3 96.8-99.1
Area L 163 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 159 98.1 94.9-99.3
Eastern 937 34 2.3 1.5- 3.6 903 97.7 96.4-98.5

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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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