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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,734 11,760 77.1 76.0-78.2 2,974 22.9 21.8-24.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 345 271 78.3 72.1-83.4 74 21.7 16.6-27.9
Buncombe 354 282 74.3 66.6-80.8 72 25.7 19.2-33.4
Cabarrus 356 294 79.4 72.1-85.1 62 20.6 14.9-27.9
Catawba 408 336 77.7 70.7-83.5 72 22.3 16.5-29.3
Cumberland 376 296 76.3 69.5-81.9 80 23.7 18.1-30.5
Davidson 367 275 74.8 68.2-80.4 92 25.2 19.6-31.8
Durham 332 291 88.9 83.8-92.5 41 11.1 7.5-16.2
Forsyth 375 295 80.3 74.9-84.8 80 19.7 15.2-25.1
Gaston 387 303 75.2 68.4-80.9 84 24.8 19.1-31.6
Guilford 383 306 75.4 67.9-81.7 77 24.6 18.3-32.1
Iredell 390 304 75.0 68.8-80.4 86 25.0 19.6-31.2
Johnston 436 344 73.9 64.6-81.5 92 26.1 18.5-35.4
Mecklenburg 681 575 83.3 78.9-86.9 106 16.7 13.1-21.1
New Hanover 388 327 74.9 64.3-83.2 61 25.1 16.8-35.7
Onslow 376 284 73.6 66.7-79.5 92 26.4 20.5-33.3
Orange 345 306 88.0 80.1-93.0 39 12.0 7.0-19.9
Pitt 381 323 83.7 77.7-88.2 58 16.3 11.8-22.3
Randolph 374 280 70.9 63.7-77.1 94 29.1 22.9-36.3
Robeson 408 309 72.3 65.9-77.9 99 27.7 22.1-34.1
Rowan 449 349 72.5 66.3-77.9 100 27.5 22.1-33.7
Union 375 311 80.6 73.7-86.1 64 19.4 13.9-26.3
Wake 605 517 82.5 77.0-86.9 88 17.5 13.1-23.0
Wayne 354 267 71.8 64.2-78.3 87 28.2 21.7-35.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,763 3,723 74.6 72.6-76.5 1,040 25.4 23.5-27.4
Piedmont 7,081 5,728 78.5 76.8-80.0 1,353 21.5 20.0-23.2
Western NC 2,890 2,309 76.4 74.0-78.6 581 23.6 21.4-26.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,908 1,534 77.3 74.3-80.1 374 22.7 19.9-25.7
Northwest 3,097 2,427 75.6 73.2-77.9 670 24.4 22.1-26.8
Charlotte 2,032 1,679 80.7 77.8-83.4 353 19.3 16.6-22.2
Greensboro 1,651 1,322 75.3 71.6-78.7 329 24.7 21.3-28.4
Southern Regional 1,358 1,044 75.0 71.4-78.2 314 25.0 21.8-28.6
Coastal 759 607 73.9 68.0-79.1 152 26.1 20.9-32.0
Wake 1,584 1,311 79.9 76.2-83.2 273 20.1 16.8-23.8
Area L 404 321 78.2 72.6-83.0 83 21.8 17.0-27.4
Eastern 1,941 1,515 74.1 71.0-77.0 426 25.9 23.0-29.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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