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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,258 12,925 87.8 86.7-88.8 392 4.2 3.6- 4.9 941 8.0 7.2- 8.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 336 310 91.4 86.4-94.7 9 3.7 1.6- 8.0 17 4.9 2.7- 8.7
Buncombe 342 311 87.2 79.9-92.1 11 3.9 1.9- 7.8 20 8.9 4.7-16.3
Cabarrus 349 313 81.3 71.7-88.1 12 9.0 4.4-17.5 24 9.7 5.0-18.2
Catawba 393 358 90.1 84.9-93.7 14 4.1 1.9- 8.8 21 5.7 3.3- 9.7
Cumberland 367 331 90.1 84.9-93.7 11 2.6 1.3- 5.1 25 7.2 4.1-12.4
Davidson 352 313 86.5 78.5-91.9 9 1.7 0.8- 3.4 30 11.8 6.7-20.1
Durham 316 284 82.5 72.1-89.6 7 3.0 1.3- 7.0 25 14.5 7.8-25.3
Forsyth 366 334 86.8 80.2-91.4 14 6.0 2.9-12.0 18 7.2 4.1-12.2
Gaston 374 338 89.4 84.4-93.0 11 3.7 1.6- 8.0 25 6.9 4.3-10.9
Guilford 369 336 88.6 82.7-92.7 10 5.3 2.4-11.3 23 6.0 3.6- 9.9
Iredell 376 341 88.1 82.4-92.2 9 3.4 1.3- 8.3 26 8.5 5.3-13.3
Johnston 419 381 87.0 79.1-92.3 13 3.9 2.0- 7.7 25 9.0 4.5-17.3
Mecklenburg 655 593 85.3 79.9-89.4 13 3.8 2.0- 7.4 49 10.9 7.3-15.9
New Hanover 376 352 91.9 86.7-95.2 8 3.6 1.4- 8.7 16 4.5 2.4- 8.1
Onslow 365 337 88.0 80.6-92.8 9 5.9 2.7-12.2 19 6.1 2.9-12.4
Orange 340 313 88.4 81.5-93.0 8 6.0 2.6-12.9 19 5.6 3.0-10.0
Pitt 371 338 89.3 83.9-93.1 11 4.2 2.0- 8.7 22 6.4 3.7-11.0
Randolph 364 341 93.8 90.1-96.2 6 1.9 0.7- 5.0 17 4.2 2.4- 7.4
Robeson 397 351 87.0 81.4-91.1 14 4.3 2.2- 8.4 32 8.7 5.4-13.7
Rowan 433 393 89.9 85.3-93.1 10 2.7 1.3- 5.6 30 7.4 4.7-11.6
Union 360 333 89.8 82.7-94.1 5 1.9 0.8- 4.8 22 8.3 4.3-15.5
Wake 590 537 86.3 80.4-90.7 19 5.1 2.6-10.0 34 8.6 5.3-13.6
Wayne 349 310 84.1 76.5-89.6 15 8.8 4.5-16.4 24 7.1 4.1-12.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,624 4,156 87.2 85.5-88.8 141 4.5 3.5- 5.8 327 8.3 7.0- 9.7
Piedmont 6,849 6,223 87.5 85.9-88.9 182 4.3 3.4- 5.4 444 8.2 7.1- 9.5
Western NC 2,785 2,546 90.2 88.2-91.9 69 3.0 2.1- 4.3 170 6.7 5.3- 8.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,840 1,682 90.1 87.5-92.2 52 3.4 2.3- 5.0 106 6.4 4.7- 8.8
Northwest 2,987 2,712 88.5 86.2-90.5 78 4.2 2.8- 6.2 197 7.3 6.0- 8.9
Charlotte 1,956 1,773 86.2 83.1-88.9 45 3.7 2.4- 5.5 138 10.1 7.8-13.0
Greensboro 1,610 1,480 89.5 86.8-91.7 38 4.4 2.8- 6.7 92 6.2 4.7- 8.0
Southern Regional 1,324 1,182 89.0 85.9-91.5 42 2.8 1.9- 4.1 100 8.2 5.9-11.2
Coastal 734 673 88.2 82.7-92.1 17 4.7 2.0-10.3 44 7.1 4.6-10.9
Wake 1,531 1,382 86.5 82.8-89.5 49 4.7 2.9- 7.3 100 8.9 6.5-12.1
Area L 390 334 84.1 78.3-88.6 18 6.5 3.5-11.8 38 9.3 6.2-13.7
Eastern 1,886 1,707 86.9 84.1-89.4 53 5.0 3.5- 7.1 126 8.1 6.2-10.5

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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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