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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 4,008 1,082 27.5 25.4-29.7 2,926 72.5 70.3-74.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 94 29 36.4 21.0-55.3 65 63.6 44.7-79.0
Buncombe 91 22 27.9 16.9-42.3 69 72.1 57.7-83.1
Cabarrus 104 27 27.8 18.3-39.7 77 72.2 60.3-81.7
Catawba 114 29 22.0 14.6-31.7 85 78.0 68.3-85.4
Cumberland 111 36 27.3 18.9-37.6 75 72.7 62.4-81.1
Davidson 100 26 25.0 13.9-40.8 74 75.0 59.2-86.1
Durham 87 30 34.6 23.5-47.6 57 65.4 52.4-76.5
Forsyth 105 32 33.3 22.4-46.4 73 66.7 53.6-77.6
Gaston 111 30 23.1 14.2-35.5 81 76.9 64.5-85.8
Guilford 109 30 26.8 17.3-39.0 79 73.2 61.0-82.7
Iredell 98 23 22.9 14.6-34.1 75 77.1 65.9-85.4
Johnston 117 30 34.9 19.1-54.9 87 65.1 45.1-80.9
Mecklenburg 183 43 25.4 18.1-34.4 140 74.6 65.6-81.9
New Hanover 103 21 19.8 12.1-30.8 82 80.2 69.2-87.9
Onslow 92 24 22.1 13.8-33.4 68 77.9 66.6-86.2
Orange 78 17 22.6 13.0-36.3 61 77.4 63.7-87.0
Pitt 129 38 27.7 19.3-38.0 91 72.3 62.0-80.7
Randolph 90 28 28.5 18.9-40.5 62 71.5 59.5-81.1
Robeson 113 36 27.2 18.5-38.1 77 72.8 61.9-81.5
Rowan 127 32 26.9 17.4-39.1 95 73.1 60.9-82.6
Union 112 30 26.9 17.2-39.4 82 73.1 60.6-82.8
Wake 175 48 29.5 21.8-38.6 127 70.5 61.4-78.2
Wayne 93 29 39.2 26.2-54.0 64 60.8 46.0-73.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,273 358 28.2 24.7-32.1 915 71.8 67.9-75.3
Piedmont 1,937 514 27.6 24.6-30.8 1,423 72.4 69.2-75.4
Western NC 798 210 25.4 21.7-29.5 588 74.6 70.5-78.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 546 147 28.0 23.2-33.4 399 72.0 66.6-76.8
Northwest 833 211 26.7 21.7-32.5 622 73.3 67.5-78.3
Charlotte 568 141 25.1 20.0-30.8 427 74.9 69.2-80.0
Greensboro 411 111 26.2 20.3-33.2 300 73.8 66.8-79.7
Southern Regional 373 119 26.0 20.9-31.9 254 74.0 68.1-79.1
Coastal 218 56 28.7 21.1-37.7 162 71.3 62.3-78.9
Wake 439 126 31.4 25.5-38.0 313 68.6 62.0-74.5
Area L 129 34 26.6 16.7-39.7 95 73.4 60.3-83.3
Eastern 491 137 28.6 23.1-34.9 354 71.4 65.1-76.9

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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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