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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 4,016 2,601 62.2 59.9-64.4 1,415 37.8 35.6-40.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 94 62 65.8 50.6-78.3 32 34.2 21.7-49.4
Buncombe 91 62 65.0 50.1-77.4 29 35.0 22.6-49.9
Cabarrus 105 70 61.4 49.2-72.4 35 38.6 27.6-50.8
Catawba 114 76 64.7 53.5-74.4 38 35.3 25.6-46.5
Cumberland 112 73 63.3 51.5-73.7 39 36.7 26.3-48.5
Davidson 101 65 53.3 38.5-67.6 36 46.7 32.4-61.5
Durham 87 59 62.9 48.9-75.0 28 37.1 25.0-51.1
Forsyth 106 73 61.3 48.1-73.0 33 38.7 27.0-51.9
Gaston 111 67 59.9 44.8-73.4 44 40.1 26.6-55.2
Guilford 109 64 59.1 46.5-70.6 45 40.9 29.4-53.5
Iredell 99 63 65.4 53.9-75.4 36 34.6 24.6-46.1
Johnston 118 69 60.6 44.8-74.4 49 39.4 25.6-55.2
Mecklenburg 183 127 66.2 56.8-74.5 56 33.8 25.5-43.2
New Hanover 101 63 61.1 48.8-72.2 38 38.9 27.8-51.2
Onslow 93 48 51.3 38.4-64.1 45 48.7 35.9-61.6
Orange 78 50 62.5 48.9-74.3 28 37.5 25.7-51.1
Pitt 128 86 62.0 50.9-72.0 42 38.0 28.0-49.1
Randolph 90 56 55.7 43.0-67.6 34 44.3 32.4-57.0
Robeson 113 81 67.4 54.4-78.1 32 32.6 21.9-45.6
Rowan 126 88 74.0 63.5-82.4 38 26.0 17.6-36.5
Union 111 70 63.3 50.8-74.3 41 36.7 25.7-49.2
Wake 176 115 61.1 51.6-69.8 61 38.9 30.2-48.4
Wayne 93 56 54.0 40.5-67.0 37 46.0 33.0-59.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,273 800 61.4 57.6-65.1 473 38.6 34.9-42.4
Piedmont 1,942 1,271 62.8 59.5-65.9 671 37.2 34.1-40.5
Western NC 801 530 61.2 56.6-65.7 271 38.8 34.3-43.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 548 381 65.3 59.4-70.7 167 34.7 29.3-40.6
Northwest 837 542 63.8 58.7-68.6 295 36.2 31.4-41.3
Charlotte 568 369 61.4 55.2-67.2 199 38.6 32.8-44.8
Greensboro 411 255 58.6 51.4-65.4 156 41.4 34.6-48.6
Southern Regional 375 247 64.9 58.2-71.1 128 35.1 28.9-41.8
Coastal 216 136 62.5 54.1-70.2 80 37.5 29.8-45.9
Wake 441 285 61.8 55.1-68.2 156 38.2 31.8-44.9
Area L 129 87 70.9 60.3-79.6 42 29.1 20.4-39.7
Eastern 491 299 56.6 50.0-62.9 192 43.4 37.1-50.0

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*Asked of those who reported that their physician had discussed their risk for certain diseases

^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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