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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 14,241 5,238 37.2 36.0-38.5 5,173 37.4 36.2-38.7 3,830 25.4 24.2-26.5
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 336 131 36.0 29.3-43.4 120 33.4 26.9-40.5 85 30.6 22.9-39.6
Buncombe 342 109 28.9 23.1-35.4 131 45.0 37.8-52.3 102 26.1 20.7-32.5
Cabarrus 349 129 33.6 27.1-40.9 134 41.9 33.9-50.4 86 24.4 18.2-32.1
Catawba 391 146 36.0 29.8-42.7 152 43.5 36.4-50.8 93 20.5 16.1-25.8
Cumberland 365 158 44.9 38.0-52.1 113 32.7 26.6-39.5 94 22.3 17.1-28.6
Davidson 352 132 35.9 29.1-43.3 113 34.1 26.8-42.2 107 30.0 23.6-37.3
Durham 316 93 26.7 20.8-33.5 147 52.0 43.9-60.0 76 21.3 16.0-27.8
Forsyth 366 142 44.0 37.2-51.1 128 32.1 26.3-38.6 96 23.8 18.6-30.0
Gaston 374 153 43.5 36.6-50.7 113 30.4 24.3-37.2 108 26.1 20.8-32.2
Guilford 368 145 39.1 32.5-46.2 137 40.2 33.3-47.5 86 20.7 16.1-26.2
Iredell 376 136 38.1 31.7-44.8 141 36.1 30.1-42.6 99 25.8 20.3-32.3
Johnston 418 138 32.2 25.3-40.1 165 40.3 32.1-49.1 115 27.5 19.7-36.8
Mecklenburg 655 244 39.4 34.5-44.6 262 37.7 33.1-42.6 149 22.9 18.6-27.8
New Hanover 376 140 35.3 28.4-42.8 139 42.5 34.1-51.4 97 22.2 17.0-28.5
Onslow 365 158 43.7 37.0-50.7 126 38.3 31.5-45.5 81 18.0 13.7-23.3
Orange 340 93 26.0 20.1-32.9 176 52.0 43.9-59.9 71 22.0 15.3-30.6
Pitt 371 140 37.5 31.5-44.0 137 38.4 32.2-45.1 94 24.1 19.0-30.0
Randolph 364 130 34.9 28.8-41.5 140 40.2 33.5-47.2 94 25.0 19.8-31.0
Robeson 396 174 47.3 40.6-54.1 117 28.7 23.2-34.9 105 24.0 18.9-30.0
Rowan 432 149 37.4 31.3-43.8 155 34.4 28.7-40.5 128 28.3 23.1-34.0
Union 360 124 37.4 30.7-44.6 157 40.1 33.9-46.7 79 22.5 17.2-28.8
Wake 589 196 34.5 29.6-39.8 254 41.7 36.5-47.1 139 23.8 19.2-29.1
Wayne 346 128 37.3 30.4-44.7 117 35.1 28.2-42.6 101 27.7 21.5-34.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,616 1,822 39.9 37.8-42.0 1,547 34.6 32.6-36.8 1,247 25.5 23.6-27.5
Piedmont 6,842 2,461 36.8 35.0-38.5 2,656 39.0 37.2-40.8 1,725 24.3 22.7-25.9
Western NC 2,783 955 33.4 31.1-35.8 970 36.6 34.1-39.2 858 30.0 27.7-32.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,838 617 33.1 30.1-36.1 653 37.6 34.5-40.9 568 29.3 26.6-32.2
Northwest 2,984 1,095 39.2 36.4-42.0 1,032 33.8 31.2-36.4 857 27.1 24.7-29.6
Charlotte 1,956 721 38.1 35.0-41.4 747 38.1 35.0-41.3 488 23.8 21.1-26.7
Greensboro 1,609 569 35.5 32.1-39.1 655 40.0 36.4-43.7 385 24.5 21.4-27.9
Southern Regional 1,320 570 43.5 39.5-47.7 407 32.8 29.0-36.8 343 23.7 20.3-27.4
Coastal 733 268 34.1 29.2-39.3 267 38.3 32.7-44.3 198 27.6 22.3-33.7
Wake 1,528 503 33.0 29.6-36.6 643 43.0 39.2-46.8 382 24.0 20.8-27.6
Area L 390 136 33.9 28.1-40.2 132 36.9 30.5-43.8 122 29.2 23.4-35.8
Eastern 1,883 759 41.4 38.2-44.7 637 34.4 31.3-37.6 487 24.2 21.5-27.1

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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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