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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,753 10,588 65.6 64.3-66.9 2,105 12.4 11.6-13.1 2,060 22.0 20.8-23.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 347 266 71.4 62.5-78.8 36 7.4 5.0-10.7 45 21.3 14.0-30.9
Buncombe 355 252 63.5 55.9-70.5 53 10.8 7.5-15.3 50 25.7 19.0-33.7
Cabarrus 358 266 65.4 56.7-73.2 43 10.5 7.0-15.5 49 24.0 16.6-33.4
Catawba 408 311 72.4 65.7-78.2 47 10.7 7.3-15.2 50 17.0 12.1-23.3
Cumberland 380 248 57.8 50.6-64.8 56 14.8 10.6-20.2 76 27.4 20.9-35.0
Davidson 368 279 70.0 62.2-76.9 52 10.2 7.3-13.9 37 19.8 13.4-28.2
Durham 332 229 57.7 49.2-65.7 49 14.6 9.5-21.9 54 27.7 20.1-36.9
Forsyth 377 292 72.7 65.4-78.9 49 12.6 8.7-18.0 36 14.7 9.6-21.8
Gaston 388 294 72.8 66.1-78.6 57 13.1 9.4-18.1 37 14.1 9.4-20.5
Guilford 386 281 66.5 59.1-73.2 58 13.2 9.7-17.8 47 20.3 14.1-28.3
Iredell 390 277 64.6 57.6-71.1 64 15.3 11.2-20.6 49 20.1 14.5-27.1
Johnston 436 301 59.4 50.3-67.9 73 12.4 9.0-16.8 62 28.2 19.5-38.9
Mecklenburg 680 506 68.3 63.0-73.3 88 11.7 8.8-15.4 86 20.0 15.5-25.3
New Hanover 389 285 62.8 53.9-70.9 56 12.2 8.8-16.6 48 25.0 17.0-35.2
Onslow 375 233 51.3 44.4-58.2 59 14.5 10.5-19.5 83 34.2 27.5-41.6
Orange 346 254 62.7 53.8-70.8 45 9.7 6.9-13.6 47 27.6 19.5-37.5
Pitt 379 268 64.7 57.7-71.2 59 15.4 11.0-21.0 52 19.9 14.4-26.9
Randolph 371 271 66.5 59.1-73.1 46 11.2 7.8-15.8 54 22.3 16.2-30.1
Robeson 408 277 59.7 52.8-66.3 57 10.5 7.6-14.3 74 29.8 23.4-37.0
Rowan 450 322 68.7 62.3-74.4 73 13.9 10.3-18.4 55 17.4 12.6-23.6
Union 375 264 63.8 56.6-70.5 69 16.2 12.3-21.0 42 20.0 13.9-27.9
Wake 605 429 65.7 60.0-71.0 96 13.5 10.4-17.4 80 20.8 16.0-26.6
Wayne 355 246 57.5 49.8-64.9 49 13.8 9.3-20.0 60 28.6 21.6-36.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,769 3,288 61.2 59.0-63.4 713 13.0 11.8-14.2 768 25.8 23.7-28.1
Piedmont 7,091 5,188 67.2 65.3-69.0 1,010 12.3 11.3-13.4 893 20.5 18.8-22.3
Western NC 2,893 2,112 67.9 65.3-70.4 382 11.3 10.0-12.9 399 20.8 18.4-23.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,909 1,394 67.4 64.1-70.6 248 11.1 9.4-13.1 267 21.4 18.4-24.7
Northwest 3,103 2,300 71.0 68.4-73.5 431 11.5 10.1-13.1 372 17.5 15.3-19.9
Charlotte 2,034 1,492 67.0 63.7-70.3 298 12.7 10.8-14.8 244 20.3 17.3-23.6
Greensboro 1,655 1,214 66.9 63.1-70.5 212 11.1 9.3-13.3 229 22.0 18.5-25.9
Southern Regional 1,361 904 60.1 56.0-64.1 206 13.3 11.1-15.9 251 26.6 22.8-30.7
Coastal 763 545 65.1 59.1-70.6 114 12.1 9.7-15.0 104 22.8 17.5-29.2
Wake 1,584 1,116 63.3 59.3-67.2 244 12.9 10.7-15.5 224 23.7 20.0-27.9
Area L 404 288 61.7 54.4-68.5 58 12.8 9.3-17.3 58 25.5 18.9-33.5
Eastern 1,940 1,335 61.4 58.0-64.7 294 13.9 12.0-16.1 311 24.7 21.5-28.1

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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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