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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 5,978 4,053 68.0 66.2-69.8 1,925 32.0 30.2-33.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 145 94 69.0 57.9-78.3 51 31.0 21.7-42.1
Buncombe 144 93 62.8 51.1-73.1 51 37.2 26.9-48.9
Cabarrus 152 105 68.4 56.6-78.3 47 31.6 21.7-43.4
Catawba 164 115 70.7 61.7-78.4 49 29.3 21.6-38.3
Cumberland 156 112 69.9 58.7-79.1 44 30.1 20.9-41.3
Davidson 152 101 67.9 57.2-77.0 51 32.1 23.0-42.8
Durham 130 88 63.5 52.4-73.3 42 36.5 26.7-47.6
Forsyth 168 108 61.4 50.5-71.4 60 38.6 28.6-49.5
Gaston 163 113 70.0 60.1-78.3 50 30.0 21.7-39.9
Guilford 161 109 72.9 62.6-81.1 52 27.1 18.9-37.4
Iredell 147 99 66.9 55.9-76.3 48 33.1 23.7-44.1
Johnston 182 119 70.6 60.0-79.3 63 29.4 20.7-40.0
Mecklenburg 280 185 63.4 54.8-71.3 95 36.6 28.7-45.2
New Hanover 165 103 61.1 50.1-71.1 62 38.9 28.9-49.9
Onslow 152 93 57.4 46.3-67.8 59 42.6 32.2-53.7
Orange 130 79 59.4 49.0-69.0 51 40.6 31.0-51.0
Pitt 172 130 78.1 70.2-84.5 42 21.9 15.5-29.8
Randolph 139 91 70.1 60.4-78.3 48 29.9 21.7-39.6
Robeson 163 113 65.9 54.9-75.5 50 34.1 24.5-45.1
Rowan 175 127 74.5 65.5-81.8 48 25.5 18.2-34.5
Union 160 112 69.0 57.1-78.7 48 31.0 21.3-42.9
Wake 255 178 68.7 60.9-75.7 77 31.3 24.3-39.1
Wayne 133 93 79.5 71.5-85.7 40 20.5 14.3-28.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,904 1,282 67.4 64.3-70.4 622 32.6 29.6-35.7
Piedmont 2,895 1,958 68.1 65.5-70.7 937 31.9 29.3-34.5
Western NC 1,179 813 68.5 64.6-72.2 366 31.5 27.8-35.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 813 558 68.4 63.7-72.7 255 31.6 27.3-36.3
Northwest 1,225 843 69.1 64.9-73.0 382 30.9 27.0-35.1
Charlotte 843 573 66.4 61.3-71.2 270 33.6 28.8-38.7
Greensboro 640 414 68.4 62.8-73.5 226 31.6 26.5-37.2
Southern Regional 549 376 65.3 59.0-71.1 173 34.7 28.9-41.0
Coastal 328 220 65.0 57.4-71.9 108 35.0 28.1-42.6
Wake 657 446 68.5 63.3-73.3 211 31.5 26.7-36.7
Area L 181 129 73.4 64.8-80.5 52 26.6 19.5-35.2
Eastern 742 494 69.5 65.0-73.6 248 30.5 26.4-35.0

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*Asked of those who reported that their physician had asked them about their family history of illness

^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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