2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,844 1,998 18.7 17.7-19.7 3,554 31.4 30.3-32.5 3,658 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,806 14.1 13.3-14.9 828 5.2 4.8- 5.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 388 84 23.8 18.7-29.9 121 28.2 22.9-34.0 102 28.1 22.6-34.2 59 14.8 10.9-19.8 *** *** ***
Cumberland 442 71 17.3 13.3-22.3 140 31.5 26.4-37.1 151 34.6 29.3-40.4 55 11.6 8.5-15.7 25 4.9 3.0- 8.1
Durham 459 114 23.8 19.1-29.2 155 37.3 31.6-43.3 117 24.9 20.1-30.5 54 10.3 7.4-14.1 19 3.7 2.2- 6.3
Forsyth 426 72 18.4 14.1-23.5 126 32.1 26.2-38.8 135 28.9 23.9-34.6 72 16.2 12.4-21.0 21 4.3 2.6- 7.0
Gaston 366 50 17.4 12.3-23.9 106 29.5 23.4-36.5 115 32.9 26.5-40.1 61 12.6 9.1-17.1 34 7.6 4.5-12.6
Guilford 508 97 21.6 17.3-26.7 167 33.6 28.7-38.8 147 28.2 23.5-33.4 74 12.4 9.5-15.9 *** *** ***
Mecklenburg 684 149 22.3 18.7-26.4 208 31.4 27.3-35.9 197 28.2 24.2-32.6 99 14.7 11.8-18.3 31 3.3 2.2- 5.0
New Hanover 397 75 19.4 14.5-25.4 153 38.1 31.5-45.1 98 25.7 19.8-32.7 47 11.6 7.6-17.3 24 5.2 3.1- 8.7
Union 385 70 18.2 13.4-24.2 137 34.5 28.0-41.7 118 31.1 24.0-39.2 45 13.6 9.1-19.7 *** *** ***
Wake 696 149 22.0 18.4-26.0 234 34.6 30.4-39.2 203 29.3 25.3-33.7 84 11.5 8.9-14.7 26 2.6 1.6- 4.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 3,898 607 17.2 15.7-18.8 1,123 31.4 29.5-33.4 1,250 31.2 29.3-33.1 599 14.3 13.0-15.8 319 5.9 5.1- 6.9
Piedmont 6,340 1,124 19.6 18.3-21.0 1,970 32.3 30.7-33.8 1,920 29.9 28.4-31.4 945 13.8 12.8-15.0 381 4.4 3.9- 5.0
Western NC 1,606 267 18.6 16.1-21.4 461 27.6 24.9-30.5 488 32.6 29.6-35.8 262 14.1 12.2-16.4 128 7.0 5.6- 8.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,100 198 20.1 16.9-23.7 306 27.0 23.7-30.6 320 31.6 27.8-35.6 187 14.0 11.7-16.7 89 7.3 5.5- 9.6
Northwest 1,902 284 16.7 14.6-19.1 553 29.5 26.9-32.1 611 32.9 30.3-35.6 317 15.4 13.5-17.5 137 5.6 4.6- 6.8
Charlotte 1,932 349 21.4 18.9-24.2 591 30.8 28.1-33.7 590 29.1 26.4-32.0 289 14.7 12.7-17.0 113 4.0 3.1- 5.1
Greensboro 1,341 232 18.8 16.2-21.8 430 34.4 31.2-37.8 401 29.0 26.0-32.1 189 12.6 10.6-14.9 89 5.3 3.9- 7.1
Southern Regional 1,548 212 16.2 13.8-18.9 398 28.3 25.3-31.5 532 33.6 30.5-37.0 255 15.3 13.0-17.9 151 6.6 5.1- 8.6
Southeast 741 117 15.2 12.1-19.0 252 34.2 29.8-39.0 211 29.1 24.9-33.7 101 14.0 10.8-18.0 60 7.5 5.5-10.1
Wake 1,673 343 20.8 18.4-23.4 553 34.4 31.4-37.4 487 29.9 27.0-33.0 212 11.3 9.5-13.3 78 3.7 2.8- 4.8
Area L 399 64 17.4 13.3-22.4 121 34.0 28.2-40.3 130 32.1 26.6-38.1 55 12.2 8.9-16.6 29 4.4 2.8- 6.7
Eastern 1,208 199 17.5 15.0-20.3 350 31.3 28.1-34.7 376 29.7 26.7-33.0 201 16.2 13.9-18.9 82 5.2 3.9- 6.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

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