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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 14,245 10,096 70.6 69.4-71.8 1,189 9.1 8.3- 9.9 2,960 20.3 19.3-21.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 336 244 68.9 59.9-76.8 24 8.9 4.9-15.6 68 22.2 15.1-31.4
Buncombe 342 235 65.6 58.1-72.4 34 13.6 8.7-20.7 73 20.8 15.5-27.3
Cabarrus 349 249 68.8 60.6-76.0 29 10.9 6.3-17.9 71 20.3 14.5-27.7
Catawba 392 281 70.2 63.2-76.4 33 8.8 5.6-13.5 78 21.0 15.5-27.8
Cumberland 365 252 67.6 60.4-74.1 33 10.4 6.1-17.1 80 22.0 16.8-28.2
Davidson 352 237 65.7 58.1-72.6 27 6.3 3.8-10.4 88 28.0 21.5-35.5
Durham 316 222 68.8 59.4-76.9 30 14.6 7.5-26.3 64 16.6 12.2-22.3
Forsyth 366 275 69.1 61.8-75.6 27 10.8 6.5-17.4 64 20.1 15.0-26.4
Gaston 374 250 72.8 66.8-78.0 36 8.6 5.6-13.0 88 18.6 14.4-23.7
Guilford 368 279 78.4 72.4-83.4 34 9.7 6.1-15.0 55 12.0 8.7-16.3
Iredell 376 267 69.2 62.3-75.3 23 5.4 3.3- 8.6 86 25.4 19.6-32.4
Johnston 418 304 74.3 66.6-80.8 30 6.8 4.2-10.9 84 18.9 13.1-26.3
Mecklenburg 655 481 72.0 67.1-76.5 52 8.7 6.1-12.2 122 19.3 15.5-23.8
New Hanover 376 281 76.1 68.5-82.3 30 9.6 5.3-16.7 65 14.3 10.1-20.0
Onslow 365 253 72.9 66.6-78.3 36 10.5 6.7-16.2 76 16.6 12.8-21.2
Orange 340 252 73.6 66.3-79.8 31 11.4 6.9-18.2 57 15.1 10.9-20.4
Pitt 371 272 74.0 67.6-79.5 34 9.9 6.5-14.7 65 16.2 11.7-22.0
Randolph 364 268 70.7 63.7-76.9 24 9.6 5.3-16.8 72 19.6 14.9-25.3
Robeson 396 261 68.0 61.4-73.9 49 13.4 9.3-18.9 86 18.7 14.2-24.1
Rowan 432 318 76.1 70.7-80.8 29 5.1 3.3- 7.9 85 18.8 14.5-23.9
Union 360 265 67.7 60.2-74.4 22 8.0 4.2-14.6 73 24.3 18.4-31.4
Wake 589 429 73.2 67.9-78.0 48 9.1 5.8-13.8 112 17.7 14.1-22.1
Wayne 347 231 67.1 59.8-73.7 32 10.9 6.7-17.3 84 22.0 16.6-28.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,617 3,229 69.5 67.3-71.5 409 9.4 8.1-10.8 979 21.2 19.3-23.1
Piedmont 6,843 4,915 71.4 69.7-73.1 545 8.9 7.8-10.2 1,383 19.6 18.2-21.1
Western NC 2,785 1,952 69.3 66.8-71.7 235 9.1 7.6-11.0 598 21.5 19.5-23.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,840 1,289 68.9 65.7-72.0 162 9.9 7.8-12.6 389 21.1 18.6-23.9
Northwest 2,985 2,123 69.9 67.3-72.5 219 7.9 6.4- 9.7 643 22.1 19.9-24.6
Charlotte 1,956 1,396 71.9 68.9-74.7 159 8.8 7.1-10.9 401 19.3 16.9-21.9
Greensboro 1,609 1,182 73.6 70.2-76.7 134 9.8 7.7-12.4 293 16.6 14.2-19.4
Southern Regional 1,320 897 67.0 62.9-70.8 130 9.8 7.6-12.4 293 23.2 19.8-27.0
Coastal 733 533 70.5 64.1-76.2 60 10.4 6.8-15.6 140 19.1 14.3-25.1
Wake 1,528 1,094 71.7 67.9-75.2 124 9.2 6.8-12.3 310 19.1 16.3-22.3
Area L 390 246 61.3 54.2-67.8 35 8.9 5.6-14.0 109 29.8 23.7-36.8
Eastern 1,884 1,336 72.2 69.1-75.0 166 8.6 7.0-10.6 382 19.2 16.7-22.0

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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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