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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 6,949 6,092 85.4 83.9-86.8 857 14.6 13.2-16.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 169 148 89.6 83.4-93.6 21 10.4 6.4-16.6
Buncombe 175 146 82.5 73.6-88.8 29 17.5 11.2-26.4
Cabarrus 173 155 85.0 68.6-93.6 18 15.0 6.4-31.4
Catawba 188 166 81.8 71.5-89.0 22 18.2 11.0-28.5
Cumberland 181 157 81.8 72.1-88.7 24 18.2 11.3-27.9
Davidson 171 154 89.5 81.0-94.5 17 10.5 5.5-19.0
Durham 154 136 75.5 54.5-88.8 18 24.5 11.2-45.5
Forsyth 180 171 88.6 74.8-95.3 9 11.4 4.7-25.2
Gaston 188 167 88.6 80.0-93.8 21 11.4 6.2-20.0
Guilford 185 165 88.3 78.6-93.9 20 11.7 6.1-21.4
Iredell 173 151 85.5 74.4-92.2 22 14.5 7.8-25.6
Johnston 206 186 87.7 78.3-93.4 20 12.3 6.6-21.7
Mecklenburg 313 284 90.9 85.7-94.3 29 9.1 5.7-14.3
New Hanover 181 167 92.2 84.3-96.3 14 7.8 3.7-15.7
Onslow 176 152 83.5 74.0-90.0 24 16.5 10.0-26.0
Orange 160 133 70.4 56.6-81.2 27 29.6 18.8-43.4
Pitt 195 177 91.1 85.7-94.6 18 8.9 5.4-14.3
Randolph 167 142 76.3 63.1-85.8 25 23.7 14.2-36.9
Robeson 203 165 74.8 64.9-82.6 38 25.2 17.4-35.1
Rowan 211 183 86.5 79.8-91.2 28 13.5 8.8-20.2
Union 173 160 94.2 89.2-96.9 13 5.8 3.1-10.8
Wake 283 262 90.3 84.4-94.1 21 9.7 5.9-15.6
Wayne 160 135 81.3 70.7-88.7 25 18.7 11.3-29.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,258 1,938 81.7 78.9-84.3 320 18.3 15.7-21.1
Piedmont 3,319 2,957 87.1 84.9-88.9 362 12.9 11.1-15.1
Western NC 1,372 1,197 85.6 82.6-88.1 175 14.4 11.9-17.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 960 829 83.9 79.9-87.3 131 16.1 12.7-20.1
Northwest 1,395 1,247 87.3 83.5-90.3 148 12.7 9.7-16.5
Charlotte 941 855 90.9 87.6-93.3 86 9.1 6.7-12.4
Greensboro 764 654 82.4 77.5-86.4 110 17.6 13.6-22.5
Southern Regional 664 554 79.1 73.4-83.8 110 20.9 16.2-26.6
Coastal 374 334 88.5 82.0-92.8 40 11.5 7.2-18.0
Wake 754 678 86.2 81.2-90.0 76 13.8 10.0-18.8
Area L 213 183 83.0 73.5-89.6 30 17.0 10.4-26.5
Eastern 884 758 81.9 77.7-85.5 126 18.1 14.5-22.3

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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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