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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 6,582 4,484 71.8 70.1-73.4 2,098 28.2 26.6-29.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 146 103 73.9 64.3-81.6 43 26.1 18.4-35.7
Buncombe 157 104 70.3 60.9-78.2 53 29.7 21.8-39.1
Cabarrus 159 120 77.1 66.4-85.2 39 22.9 14.8-33.6
Catawba 186 134 75.5 65.7-83.2 52 24.5 16.8-34.3
Cumberland 158 122 77.3 67.8-84.6 36 22.7 15.4-32.2
Davidson 160 101 68.0 56.7-77.5 59 32.0 22.5-43.3
Durham 154 98 68.8 59.4-76.8 56 31.2 23.2-40.6
Forsyth 166 117 73.7 63.4-82.0 49 26.3 18.0-36.6
Gaston 172 119 72.4 62.7-80.3 53 27.6 19.7-37.3
Guilford 163 119 71.5 61.0-80.0 44 28.5 20.0-39.0
Iredell 179 115 68.5 58.8-76.9 64 31.5 23.1-41.2
Johnston 194 123 69.6 58.6-78.7 71 30.4 21.3-41.4
Mecklenburg 317 227 77.5 71.4-82.6 90 22.5 17.4-28.6
New Hanover 182 119 75.6 65.7-83.4 63 24.4 16.6-34.3
Onslow 176 123 71.7 60.0-81.0 53 28.3 19.0-40.0
Orange 159 105 75.6 66.3-83.0 54 24.4 17.0-33.7
Pitt 166 117 79.1 72.0-84.9 49 20.9 15.1-28.0
Randolph 178 123 76.2 68.2-82.8 55 23.8 17.2-31.8
Robeson 179 138 80.2 72.4-86.2 41 19.8 13.8-27.6
Rowan 192 127 73.9 65.7-80.7 65 26.1 19.3-34.3
Union 168 122 74.4 65.2-81.8 46 25.6 18.2-34.8
Wake 277 189 66.4 57.2-74.5 88 33.6 25.5-42.8
Wayne 162 114 73.4 61.3-82.8 48 26.6 17.2-38.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,135 1,456 71.8 69.1-74.4 679 28.2 25.6-30.9
Piedmont 3,174 2,184 72.3 69.8-74.7 990 27.7 25.3-30.2
Western NC 1,273 844 69.5 66.2-72.6 429 30.5 27.4-33.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 793 532 70.2 65.9-74.1 261 29.8 25.9-34.1
Northwest 1,419 953 72.0 68.5-75.2 466 28.0 24.8-31.5
Charlotte 923 657 75.2 70.9-78.9 266 24.8 21.1-29.1
Greensboro 756 525 73.9 69.1-78.2 231 26.1 21.8-30.9
Southern Regional 588 428 74.7 69.6-79.1 160 25.3 20.9-30.4
Coastal 324 204 70.8 63.5-77.2 120 29.2 22.8-36.5
Wake 709 462 67.7 61.8-73.2 247 32.3 26.8-38.2
Area L 159 104 67.7 57.9-76.2 55 32.3 23.8-42.1
Eastern 911 619 71.0 66.5-75.0 292 29.0 25.0-33.5

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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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