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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 3,766 340 8.7 7.5-10.0 3,426 91.3 90.0-92.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 92 6 3.2 1.3- 7.6 86 96.8 92.4-98.7
Buncombe 104 11 8.2 4.1-15.8 93 91.8 84.2-95.9
Cabarrus 89 9 8.9 3.1-23.2 80 91.1 76.8-96.9
Catawba 90 8 9.2 4.2-19.1 82 90.8 80.9-95.8
Cumberland 97 15 16.2 9.2-26.8 82 83.8 73.2-90.8
Davidson 115 9 6.0 2.9-12.0 106 94.0 88.0-97.1
Durham 75 11 13.5 6.6-25.8 64 86.5 74.2-93.4
Forsyth 95 8 8.9 4.1-18.1 87 91.1 81.9-95.9
Gaston 100 12 10.6 4.7-22.4 88 89.4 77.6-95.3
Guilford 100 10 9.1 4.6-16.9 90 90.9 83.1-95.4
Iredell 89 8 6.0 2.9-12.1 81 94.0 87.9-97.1
Johnston 116 9 14.2 5.4-32.3 107 85.8 67.7-94.6
Mecklenburg 141 27 17.5 11.3-26.1 114 82.5 73.9-88.7
New Hanover 92 8 7.3 3.4-14.9 84 92.7 85.1-96.6
Onslow 93 11 11.7 5.3-23.9 82 88.3 76.1-94.7
Orange 76 6 6.4 2.7-14.6 70 93.6 85.4-97.3
Pitt 108 9 7.8 3.8-15.2 99 92.2 84.8-96.2
Randolph 82 5 5.7 2.3-13.7 77 94.3 86.3-97.7
Robeson 125 5 3.7 1.3-10.2 120 96.3 89.8-98.7
Rowan 124 14 9.5 5.2-17.0 110 90.5 83.0-94.8
Union 85 8 8.8 3.9-18.6 77 91.2 81.4-96.1
Wake 122 15 12.7 6.9-22.2 107 87.3 77.8-93.1
Wayne 93 11 14.3 7.5-25.6 82 85.7 74.4-92.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,252 101 7.7 6.0- 9.7 1,151 92.3 90.3-94.0
Piedmont 1,682 172 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,510 90.7 88.6-92.4
Western NC 832 67 8.3 6.2-10.9 765 91.7 89.1-93.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 581 49 8.8 6.3-12.1 532 91.2 87.9-93.7
Northwest 792 65 7.5 5.4-10.4 727 92.5 89.6-94.6
Charlotte 462 61 12.0 8.7-16.4 401 88.0 83.6-91.3
Greensboro 389 32 6.5 4.2- 9.9 357 93.5 90.1-95.8
Southern Regional 378 31 8.0 5.2-12.0 347 92.0 88.0-94.8
Coastal 210 17 7.0 4.1-11.7 193 93.0 88.3-95.9
Wake 361 37 11.6 7.6-17.4 324 88.4 82.6-92.4
Area L 110 6 5.5 2.1-13.5 104 94.5 86.5-97.9
Eastern 483 42 6.8 4.8- 9.6 441 93.2 90.4-95.2

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*Asked only of respondents with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis

^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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