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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 14,232 10,757 73.0 71.7-74.2 3,006 22.9 21.8-24.0 303 2.4 2.0- 3.0 17 0.1 0.1- 0.2 149 1.6 1.2- 2.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 334 246 72.7 65.8-78.7 79 23.4 18.0-29.7 6 2.9 0.9- 8.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.0
Buncombe 339 257 71.4 63.6-78.2 73 23.6 17.5-31.0 4 2.7 0.7- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.3 0.7- 7.3
Cabarrus 347 268 75.7 68.6-81.6 72 21.7 16.1-28.6 4 1.6 0.4- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5
Catawba 397 300 73.5 66.4-79.5 91 25.0 19.0-32.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.2 0.4- 3.5
Cumberland 358 267 74.9 68.6-80.4 74 19.7 14.9-25.7 12 3.8 1.9- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8
Davidson 348 259 71.0 62.3-78.3 79 25.0 18.0-33.7 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 4 2.4 0.6- 9.4
Durham 318 255 73.0 63.6-80.7 58 24.6 17.0-34.0 4 1.9 0.6- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
Forsyth 369 275 65.2 57.5-72.1 79 28.2 21.7-35.7 8 2.4 1.0- 5.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 6 4.0 1.3-11.8
Gaston 364 267 70.2 62.6-76.8 83 26.0 19.6-33.6 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.5- 6.1
Guilford 377 285 72.7 65.4-79.0 78 23.8 17.7-31.2 11 3.1 1.6- 6.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
Iredell 378 285 73.0 66.6-78.6 81 24.0 18.6-30.4 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Johnston 420 330 74.2 64.6-82.0 73 22.7 15.1-32.6 10 1.5 0.7- 2.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 6 1.5 0.5- 4.0
Mecklenburg 657 491 73.5 68.5-78.0 148 24.3 19.9-29.3 12 1.2 0.6- 2.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6
New Hanover 377 297 74.4 66.5-81.0 73 22.5 16.5-30.0 6 1.1 0.5- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.3
Onslow 369 274 72.1 65.3-78.0 80 22.1 16.9-28.3 14 5.5 2.6-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Orange 337 271 78.0 70.8-83.8 56 18.1 13.1-24.5 7 3.0 0.9-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7
Pitt 367 272 73.0 66.4-78.7 83 23.0 17.7-29.3 10 2.5 1.2- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.3- 7.4
Randolph 365 271 72.6 66.2-78.2 80 22.4 17.4-28.3 8 3.2 1.3- 7.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 4 1.4 0.3- 5.6
Robeson 399 279 66.7 60.0-72.8 97 26.4 20.7-32.9 16 5.4 3.0- 9.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1
Rowan 437 321 70.8 64.4-76.4 101 24.8 19.5-31.0 10 2.6 1.2- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2
Union 363 283 76.2 69.8-81.5 68 20.5 15.4-26.6 6 1.5 0.6- 3.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 5 1.3 0.4- 4.1
Wake 586 446 72.6 66.9-77.6 124 22.6 18.2-27.7 8 2.7 0.8- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 2.1 0.9- 4.9
Wayne 341 253 72.2 64.8-78.5 77 24.1 18.2-31.3 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.4 0.8- 7.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,604 3,432 72.8 70.7-74.7 987 22.3 20.5-24.2 123 2.6 2.0- 3.6 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 56 2.1 1.4- 3.1
Piedmont 6,852 5,189 72.4 70.6-74.2 1,456 23.7 22.0-25.4 133 2.4 1.7- 3.2 7 0.1 0.0- 0.2 67 1.4 1.0- 2.1
Western NC 2,776 2,136 75.8 73.4-78.1 563 20.6 18.5-22.9 47 2.2 1.4- 3.3 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4 26 1.2 0.7- 2.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,833 1,417 75.3 72.1-78.2 369 21.1 18.4-24.1 28 2.1 1.2- 3.9 3 0.2 0.0- 0.6 16 1.3 0.6- 2.7
Northwest 2,995 2,254 73.2 70.6-75.7 649 22.9 20.6-25.4 58 2.1 1.4- 2.9 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 31 1.7 0.9- 3.3
Charlotte 1,950 1,478 74.2 71.1-77.1 411 22.6 19.9-25.6 40 2.1 1.1- 3.7 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 18 1.0 0.6- 1.8
Greensboro 1,613 1,225 74.0 70.4-77.2 335 21.8 18.8-25.3 36 3.4 2.1- 5.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 15 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Southern Regional 1,308 936 66.9 62.6-71.0 307 27.3 23.4-31.5 40 3.8 2.2- 6.4 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 23 1.8 1.1- 3.0
Coastal 742 566 72.7 67.4-77.4 150 22.0 18.0-26.7 19 1.9 1.1- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.4 1.4- 8.2
Wake 1,530 1,182 72.0 68.0-75.6 302 23.7 20.4-27.4 28 2.4 1.1- 5.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 17 1.9 0.9- 3.8
Area L 386 294 79.5 74.0-84.1 79 16.2 12.5-20.9 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 5 2.8 0.9- 8.1
Eastern 1,875 1,405 73.0 69.8-75.9 404 22.9 20.2-25.9 47 2.2 1.5- 3.1 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 17 1.7 0.9- 3.3

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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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