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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Veteran Staus

Have you ever served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces,
either in the regular military or in a National Guard or military reserve unit?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,773 2,176 13.5 12.7-14.3 12,597 86.5 85.7-87.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 346 44 12.0 8.6-16.4 302 88.0 83.6-91.4
Buncombe 355 63 14.8 11.0-19.8 292 85.2 80.2-89.0
Cabarrus 358 47 11.6 8.1-16.2 311 88.4 83.8-91.9
Catawba 408 51 11.3 8.3-15.3 357 88.7 84.7-91.7
Cumberland 380 79 22.8 17.7-28.7 301 77.2 71.3-82.3
Davidson 368 39 8.4 5.8-12.0 329 91.6 88.0-94.2
Durham 332 33 9.1 5.9-13.9 299 90.9 86.1-94.1
Forsyth 377 51 11.6 8.2-16.3 326 88.4 83.7-91.8
Gaston 388 64 12.1 9.0-16.1 324 87.9 83.9-91.0
Guilford 387 50 13.8 9.0-20.5 337 86.2 79.5-91.0
Iredell 391 57 13.8 10.3-18.3 334 86.2 81.7-89.7
Johnston 437 55 16.4 9.7-26.4 382 83.6 73.6-90.3
Mecklenburg 683 91 10.9 8.4-14.1 592 89.1 85.9-91.6
New Hanover 389 63 15.0 11.1-20.0 326 85.0 80.0-88.9
Onslow 377 97 31.8 25.6-38.7 280 68.2 61.3-74.4
Orange 345 44 11.4 8.0-16.0 301 88.6 84.0-92.0
Pitt 381 44 9.8 6.9-13.6 337 90.2 86.4-93.1
Randolph 374 49 11.8 8.5-16.2 325 88.2 83.8-91.5
Robeson 409 36 8.6 5.9-12.3 373 91.4 87.7-94.1
Rowan 450 79 13.8 10.7-17.6 371 86.2 82.4-89.3
Union 375 52 12.2 8.9-16.4 323 87.8 83.6-91.1
Wake 606 68 9.0 6.7-11.9 538 91.0 88.1-93.3
Wayne 356 69 23.1 17.4-29.9 287 76.9 70.1-82.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,777 787 17.4 15.9-19.0 3,990 82.6 81.0-84.1
Piedmont 7,099 948 11.5 10.5-12.6 6,151 88.5 87.4-89.5
Western NC 2,897 441 13.8 12.3-15.4 2,456 86.2 84.6-87.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,911 301 14.0 12.2-16.1 1,610 86.0 83.9-87.8
Northwest 3,106 429 11.9 10.4-13.5 2,677 88.1 86.5-89.6
Charlotte 2,038 290 11.7 10.0-13.6 1,748 88.3 86.4-90.0
Greensboro 1,657 211 12.8 10.3-15.7 1,446 87.2 84.3-89.7
Southern Regional 1,362 212 16.9 14.4-19.7 1,150 83.1 80.3-85.6
Coastal 764 138 17.1 14.0-20.8 626 82.9 79.2-86.0
Wake 1,586 189 10.8 8.9-13.1 1,397 89.2 86.9-91.1
Area L 404 50 12.7 9.3-17.1 354 87.3 82.9-90.7
Eastern 1,945 356 19.0 16.7-21.5 1,589 81.0 78.5-83.3

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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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