2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,371 4,379 48.1 46.8-49.4 5,992 51.9 50.6-53.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 348 135 48.3 41.7-55.0 213 51.7 45.0-58.3
Cumberland 390 159 46.5 40.3-52.8 231 53.5 47.2-59.7
Durham 390 148 47.6 41.0-54.2 242 52.4 45.8-59.0
Forsyth 370 182 56.7 50.1-63.1 188 43.3 36.9-49.9
Gaston 323 124 47.7 40.1-55.4 199 52.3 44.6-59.9
Guilford 445 191 48.4 42.7-54.2 254 51.6 45.8-57.3
Mecklenburg 541 225 44.4 39.3-49.7 316 55.6 50.3-60.7
New Hanover 359 144 48.4 41.0-55.9 215 51.6 44.1-59.0
Union 343 133 46.7 39.2-54.4 210 53.3 45.6-60.8
Wake 608 289 48.2 43.4-53.1 319 51.8 46.9-56.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 3,425 1,409 46.9 44.7-49.2 2,016 53.1 50.8-55.3
Piedmont 5,524 2,401 49.0 47.2-50.7 3,123 51.0 49.3-52.8
Western NC 1,422 569 47.2 43.8-50.7 853 52.8 49.3-56.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 967 373 44.9 40.7-49.3 594 55.1 50.7-59.3
Northwest 1,701 772 51.9 48.9-54.9 929 48.1 45.1-51.1
Charlotte 1,650 671 46.8 43.4-50.1 979 53.2 49.9-56.6
Greensboro 1,186 524 50.1 46.4-53.7 662 49.9 46.3-53.6
Southern Regional 1,352 571 47.3 43.6-51.0 781 52.7 49.0-56.4
Southeast 658 267 47.0 41.9-52.3 391 53.0 47.7-58.1
Wake 1,456 633 48.2 44.8-51.6 823 51.8 48.4-55.2
Area L 354 138 46.7 40.1-53.3 216 53.3 46.7-59.9
Eastern 1,047 430 46.6 42.9-50.4 617 53.4 49.6-57.1

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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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