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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,678 2,869 23.6 22.3-24.9 4,568 39.4 38.0-40.9 453 5.3 4.6- 6.1 3,010 25.7 24.4-27.1 778 6.0 5.4- 6.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 298 90 27.9 21.6-35.3 110 39.7 32.2-47.9 7 3.6 1.4- 8.8 76 25.3 18.7-33.4 15 3.4 1.9- 6.1
Buncombe 256 74 27.6 20.7-35.8 98 39.9 32.4-47.9 9 5.5 2.6-11.4 63 22.8 17.0-29.9 12 4.1 2.1- 8.0
Cabarrus 296 98 35.4 27.7-43.9 89 27.8 21.7-34.8 19 7.5 4.6-12.1 65 21.0 15.0-28.6 25 8.4 4.5-15.0
Catawba 287 77 27.6 21.0-35.4 119 41.8 34.0-50.1 13 4.6 2.3- 8.7 66 21.9 15.5-30.0 12 4.1 1.8- 9.0
Cumberland 286 78 25.9 20.0-32.9 106 40.3 33.1-47.8 10 3.0 1.6- 5.8 69 22.6 16.9-29.4 23 8.2 5.0-13.2
Davidson 347 85 28.2 20.8-37.1 137 39.1 31.0-47.8 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 88 24.5 17.9-32.4 31 6.6 4.1-10.5
Durham 599 156 23.3 19.0-28.1 266 46.3 40.2-52.4 40 9.5 6.4-13.8 107 17.0 13.2-21.7 30 3.9 2.5- 6.1
Forsyth 270 73 26.3 19.5-34.6 110 37.8 30.2-46.1 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 58 24.4 17.8-32.7 23 8.7 5.1-14.6
Gaston 259 69 27.0 19.1-36.7 93 33.4 25.9-41.9 11 10.5 4.6-22.2 67 23.6 16.6-32.4 19 5.4 3.2- 9.0
Guilford 671 170 21.9 18.0-26.4 263 40.9 35.9-46.1 34 8.7 5.3-13.9 169 24.4 20.1-29.3 35 4.2 2.8- 6.2
Iredell 325 81 23.8 17.8-31.1 119 36.0 29.3-43.3 14 6.9 3.5-13.0 88 26.4 20.2-33.8 23 6.8 3.9-11.7
Johnston 265 48 19.2 13.2-27.2 127 46.2 36.9-55.7 7 1.9 0.7- 4.7 67 29.7 21.6-39.3 16 3.0 1.7- 5.3
Mecklenburg 581 149 24.5 20.0-29.6 246 40.7 35.0-46.5 29 7.3 4.5-11.5 127 21.1 16.9-26.1 30 6.4 3.7-10.9
New Hanover 319 83 22.1 16.9-28.4 137 46.6 39.5-53.8 12 5.0 2.5- 9.7 71 21.1 15.7-27.6 16 5.2 2.5-10.7
Onslow 286 64 20.0 14.5-26.8 136 45.5 37.6-53.5 7 2.9 1.3- 6.6 72 30.2 22.5-39.3 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1
Orange 290 58 18.5 13.6-24.7 137 45.3 37.1-53.6 24 12.1 7.0-20.0 57 21.1 15.0-29.0 14 3.0 1.5- 5.9
Pitt 325 88 24.1 18.2-31.2 129 40.6 32.9-48.7 12 3.1 1.6- 5.9 85 30.4 22.9-39.1 11 1.9 1.0- 3.7
Randolph 384 101 27.4 20.9-34.9 130 32.9 26.8-39.8 10 1.7 0.8- 3.2 110 29.8 23.4-37.2 33 8.2 4.8-13.5
Robeson 294 68 22.0 16.0-29.5 91 31.3 24.4-39.2 3 0.9 0.2- 4.7 108 36.8 29.2-45.2 24 8.9 5.3-14.6
Rowan 363 84 18.1 13.6-23.5 149 48.9 41.7-56.1 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 101 26.2 20.8-32.5 25 5.7 3.5- 9.0
Union 334 81 17.9 13.3-23.7 141 45.5 36.8-54.5 21 9.2 5.2-15.7 68 22.1 15.7-30.2 23 5.3 3.2- 8.5
Wake 684 155 21.1 16.8-26.2 304 41.6 36.5-47.0 44 7.7 5.4-10.8 127 21.3 16.7-26.8 54 8.2 5.4-12.3
Wayne 355 72 20.6 15.0-27.6 120 32.0 25.3-39.4 10 3.4 1.5- 7.6 119 36.4 28.5-45.2 34 7.7 4.8-12.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 3,014 702 22.9 20.3-25.7 1,174 39.1 36.2-42.2 80 3.4 2.2- 5.2 862 28.7 25.9-31.7 196 5.9 4.6- 7.5
Piedmont 6,761 1,729 24.3 22.7-26.0 2,699 39.5 37.6-41.4 308 6.3 5.3- 7.4 1,585 24.0 22.3-25.8 440 5.9 5.1- 6.9
Western NC 1,903 438 21.5 19.0-24.3 695 39.6 36.6-42.7 65 4.9 3.5- 6.9 563 27.2 24.5-30.1 142 6.7 5.3- 8.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,297 307 22.4 19.3-25.8 470 40.1 36.3-43.9 44 5.8 3.8- 8.9 370 24.4 21.3-27.7 106 7.3 5.6- 9.6
Northwest 2,315 563 24.2 21.5-27.0 903 38.7 35.7-41.8 67 3.1 2.3- 4.1 623 27.7 24.7-30.9 159 6.3 5.0- 7.9
Charlotte 1,650 459 26.6 23.4-29.9 626 37.9 34.3-41.7 87 7.6 5.6-10.1 371 22.0 19.0-25.3 107 5.9 4.4- 8.0
Greensboro 1,841 468 24.4 21.4-27.6 712 38.9 35.6-42.2 84 6.9 5.0- 9.5 464 25.0 22.1-28.0 113 4.9 3.8- 6.2
Southern Regional 1,018 221 18.5 15.0-22.7 365 40.5 35.4-45.8 23 3.9 1.8- 8.5 328 30.5 25.9-35.4 81 6.6 4.7- 9.2
Coastal 476 121 24.3 17.7-32.3 204 41.3 34.7-48.2 15 4.6 2.1- 9.7 110 24.4 18.8-31.0 26 5.5 3.3- 9.2
Wake 1,727 401 21.5 18.5-24.8 770 43.2 39.4-47.0 97 7.1 5.3- 9.3 351 22.2 19.0-25.7 108 6.1 4.4- 8.4
Area L 123 35 28.0 19.2-38.8 32 27.6 19.2-38.0 4 5.9 1.9-17.2 45 34.5 24.9-45.6 7 4.0 1.4-10.9
Eastern 1,231 294 25.3 20.7-30.5 486 37.4 32.5-42.5 32 1.5 1.0- 2.4 348 30.0 24.9-35.7 71 5.8 3.6- 9.3

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NOTE: For AHEC Regions, results for Area L are least reliable due to small sample size.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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