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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,285 554 3.7 3.3- 4.3 9,555 66.9 65.7-68.1 3,169 21.9 20.9-23.0 214 1.4 1.1- 1.7 793 6.0 5.4- 6.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 332 11 2.6 1.1- 6.0 229 72.6 65.6-78.7 66 18.4 13.4-24.9 6 1.1 0.4- 3.0 20 5.2 3.0- 8.9
Buncombe 339 9 2.1 1.0- 4.2 234 73.0 66.3-78.7 58 15.3 11.1-20.7 11 3.6 1.3- 9.3 27 6.1 3.7- 9.9
Cabarrus 346 13 5.2 2.7- 9.8 231 59.4 50.6-67.6 84 27.6 20.1-36.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 15 7.3 3.2-16.1
Catawba 392 11 2.3 1.2- 4.6 275 71.9 64.9-78.0 78 18.1 12.9-24.7 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 23 7.0 4.1-11.7
Cumberland 360 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0 214 58.1 50.9-65.0 107 30.5 24.2-37.7 11 2.4 1.2- 4.7 17 5.3 2.6-10.6
Davidson 351 15 3.8 2.0- 6.8 246 66.4 58.8-73.2 62 21.4 15.7-28.6 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3 24 7.7 4.4-13.1
Durham 314 7 1.8 0.8- 4.3 176 55.1 46.9-63.1 96 28.3 22.3-35.3 8 2.0 0.8- 4.7 27 12.8 7.3-21.3
Forsyth 364 11 3.2 1.6- 6.0 241 68.0 61.2-74.1 88 21.2 16.4-26.9 7 1.5 0.6- 3.6 17 6.2 3.0-12.1
Gaston 374 13 3.4 1.4- 8.0 248 67.8 61.1-73.9 78 20.6 15.6-26.7 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 30 7.5 4.9-11.3
Guilford 377 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7 241 68.6 62.2-74.4 95 22.0 17.1-27.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 22 5.6 3.1- 9.7
Iredell 382 11 4.3 1.7-10.3 271 72.6 66.3-78.0 82 20.0 15.5-25.4 7 1.4 0.5- 3.7 11 1.8 0.9- 3.5
Johnston 424 15 3.3 1.8- 5.9 274 62.8 54.4-70.5 110 25.3 19.2-32.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 23 8.2 3.9-16.5
Mecklenburg 648 16 1.6 0.9- 2.8 394 60.4 55.1-65.4 189 27.7 23.5-32.3 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3 38 8.6 5.3-13.7
New Hanover 373 16 4.1 2.1- 7.7 238 62.0 53.8-69.6 91 25.2 18.9-32.7 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3 23 7.9 4.0-15.1
Onslow 371 16 2.9 1.7- 5.0 242 67.5 60.9-73.6 93 23.8 18.6-30.0 2 0.6 0.1- 3.3 18 5.1 2.5-10.0
Orange 339 10 3.4 1.4- 8.0 211 56.2 47.9-64.1 90 31.4 24.0-39.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 24 7.6 4.2-13.3
Pitt 372 16 3.3 1.9- 5.6 232 65.2 58.8-71.1 95 24.1 19.1-29.9 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 24 6.2 3.6-10.7
Randolph 363 15 4.9 2.6- 9.1 251 66.4 59.6-72.6 78 24.6 19.0-31.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 14 3.2 1.8- 5.8
Robeson 402 16 3.9 2.0- 7.3 237 61.7 55.0-67.9 118 27.9 22.2-34.3 8 2.0 1.0- 4.3 23 4.6 2.7- 7.6
Rowan 439 14 3.3 1.8- 5.8 297 66.7 60.5-72.4 95 23.4 18.4-29.2 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1 29 6.0 3.5- 9.9
Union 361 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 239 63.9 56.9-70.4 87 25.5 19.9-32.1 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1 21 7.3 3.7-13.8
Wake 588 20 2.9 1.8- 4.7 382 66.3 61.1-71.2 138 21.7 17.8-26.1 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5 38 6.9 4.1-11.3
Wayne 350 11 2.1 1.1- 4.0 236 72.7 66.3-78.3 79 17.8 13.6-22.8 6 2.1 0.8- 5.4 18 5.4 2.6-10.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,627 176 3.6 2.9- 4.5 2,968 65.2 63.2-67.2 1,143 24.3 22.5-26.1 70 1.2 0.9- 1.6 270 5.6 4.7- 6.7
Piedmont 6,854 225 3.4 2.7- 4.2 4,548 66.3 64.5-68.0 1,572 22.3 20.8-23.7 105 1.4 1.0- 1.8 404 6.7 5.7- 7.9
Western NC 2,804 153 5.4 4.4- 6.6 2,039 73.5 71.2-75.7 454 15.5 13.8-17.4 39 1.7 1.0- 2.9 119 3.9 3.1- 4.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,852 93 4.9 3.7- 6.4 1,348 73.5 70.6-76.3 298 15.3 13.2-17.7 27 2.0 1.0- 3.7 86 4.3 3.2- 5.7
Northwest 3,003 128 4.4 3.3- 5.9 2,117 71.1 68.6-73.5 577 18.6 16.7-20.7 40 1.0 0.7- 1.6 141 4.8 3.7- 6.3
Charlotte 1,952 54 2.2 1.6- 3.1 1,269 63.8 60.5-66.9 482 24.9 22.2-27.8 27 1.2 0.7- 1.9 120 7.9 5.9-10.5
Greensboro 1,612 59 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,073 68.1 64.7-71.3 365 21.7 19.0-24.7 27 1.3 0.8- 2.2 88 5.0 3.7- 6.8
Southern Regional 1,317 42 2.9 2.0- 4.1 810 64.6 60.7-68.3 351 24.3 21.0-27.9 31 1.9 1.2- 2.9 83 6.4 4.7- 8.6
Coastal 737 27 3.3 2.0- 5.4 475 65.3 59.9-70.4 181 24.8 20.4-29.8 9 0.7 0.3- 1.5 45 5.8 3.7- 8.9
Wake 1,533 53 3.9 2.5- 6.1 968 63.5 59.7-67.1 392 23.4 20.5-26.6 23 1.8 1.0- 3.1 97 7.4 5.3-10.2
Area L 386 21 7.3 4.1-12.9 249 63.6 56.8-69.8 85 22.4 17.3-28.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.0 27 6.4 3.9-10.1
Eastern 1,893 77 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,246 67.7 64.5-70.6 438 22.6 20.0-25.5 26 1.2 0.7- 1.8 106 5.1 3.9- 6.7

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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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