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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 4,012 2,733 65.1 62.8-67.3 1,279 34.9 32.7-37.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 91 59 59.9 43.2-74.6 32 40.1 25.4-56.8
Buncombe 92 59 59.6 45.4-72.3 33 40.4 27.7-54.6
Cabarrus 105 76 73.0 62.1-81.7 29 27.0 18.3-37.9
Catawba 113 76 58.9 47.2-69.6 37 41.1 30.4-52.8
Cumberland 112 70 59.8 47.8-70.8 42 40.2 29.2-52.2
Davidson 100 62 54.3 39.4-68.4 38 45.7 31.6-60.6
Durham 87 69 77.4 65.2-86.3 18 22.6 13.7-34.8
Forsyth 106 83 74.3 60.6-84.5 23 25.7 15.5-39.4
Gaston 109 74 59.4 43.9-73.2 35 40.6 26.8-56.1
Guilford 109 70 56.9 43.1-69.6 39 43.1 30.4-56.9
Iredell 99 74 75.6 63.9-84.4 25 24.4 15.6-36.1
Johnston 118 89 76.2 61.2-86.6 29 23.8 13.4-38.8
Mecklenburg 184 119 60.1 50.9-68.6 65 39.9 31.4-49.1
New Hanover 103 65 61.4 49.3-72.3 38 38.6 27.7-50.7
Onslow 93 53 61.6 48.7-73.0 40 38.4 27.0-51.3
Orange 78 44 53.5 39.7-66.8 34 46.5 33.2-60.3
Pitt 129 91 67.7 57.0-76.8 38 32.3 23.2-43.0
Randolph 90 55 53.0 40.4-65.2 35 47.0 34.8-59.6
Robeson 112 81 68.3 55.4-78.9 31 31.7 21.1-44.6
Rowan 126 89 65.4 53.4-75.7 37 34.6 24.3-46.6
Union 112 79 67.2 54.4-77.9 33 32.8 22.1-45.6
Wake 176 111 59.9 50.4-68.6 65 40.1 31.4-49.6
Wayne 92 52 50.5 37.3-63.6 40 49.5 36.4-62.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,272 856 66.2 62.4-69.8 416 33.8 30.2-37.6
Piedmont 1,937 1,313 64.1 60.8-67.3 624 35.9 32.7-39.2
Western NC 803 564 67.0 62.4-71.3 239 33.0 28.7-37.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 552 383 66.0 60.2-71.3 169 34.0 28.7-39.8
Northwest 833 593 70.7 65.9-75.1 240 29.3 24.9-34.1
Charlotte 568 391 65.0 59.1-70.5 177 35.0 29.5-40.9
Greensboro 409 251 55.9 48.2-63.3 158 44.1 36.7-51.8
Southern Regional 374 254 62.9 55.3-69.9 120 37.1 30.1-44.7
Coastal 218 149 63.2 54.0-71.5 69 36.8 28.5-46.0
Wake 441 310 65.2 58.5-71.4 131 34.8 28.6-41.5
Area L 127 89 69.4 58.5-78.6 38 30.6 21.4-41.5
Eastern 490 313 65.3 58.9-71.1 177 34.7 28.9-41.1

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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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