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2016 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Healthy Days

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,445 4,460 67.9 66.4-69.3 442 7.1 6.3- 7.9 581 10.2 9.3-11.2 545 8.5 7.7- 9.4 417 6.4 5.7- 7.2
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2 1,055 737 68.2 64.2-72.0 67 6.0 4.4- 8.2 88 9.7 7.4-12.7 97 9.7 7.4-12.6 66 6.3 4.6- 8.6
Region 3 564 392 66.3 61.4-70.9 32 6.1 4.0- 9.1 49 9.6 6.9-13.2 52 10.5 7.7-14.3 39 7.5 5.3-10.4
Region 4 1,083 765 69.0 65.7-72.1 85 8.1 6.4-10.2 105 10.7 8.7-13.0 78 7.2 5.7- 9.1 50 5.0 3.6- 6.9
Region 5 694 461 66.1 61.9-70.1 65 8.7 6.7-11.3 81 12.5 9.8-15.7 51 7.3 5.4- 9.8 36 5.4 3.7- 7.8
Region 6 556 385 69.3 64.5-73.7 32 6.4 4.1- 9.8 39 6.6 4.7- 9.4 54 8.8 6.5-11.9 46 8.9 6.3-12.4
Region 7 813 550 67.6 63.7-71.2 52 6.5 4.8- 8.7 85 10.7 8.4-13.6 81 9.8 7.7-12.4 45 5.5 3.9- 7.6
Region 8 575 401 69.2 64.6-73.4 33 5.9 4.1- 8.4 50 9.3 6.9-12.4 44 7.4 5.3-10.4 47 8.2 6.0-11.3
Region 9 486 348 67.7 62.0-73.0 32 5.6 3.6- 8.5 35 8.9 5.9-13.4 38 10.0 6.7-14.6 33 7.8 5.2-11.5
Region 10 621 422 66.8 62.2-71.1 44 6.7 4.8- 9.2 49 8.9 6.5-12.0 51 8.7 6.2-12.1 55 8.9 6.4-12.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,299 1,596 68.7 66.3-71.1 143 6.1 5.0- 7.5 176 8.4 7.0-10.0 194 8.5 7.2-10.1 190 8.3 7.0- 9.8
Piedmont 2,926 2,016 67.7 65.7-69.6 222 7.6 6.6- 8.8 299 10.9 9.7-12.4 241 8.3 7.2- 9.5 148 5.4 4.5- 6.5
Western NC 1,222 849 66.9 63.2-70.5 77 6.4 4.7- 8.7 106 10.5 8.2-13.4 111 9.4 7.4-11.9 79 6.7 5.1- 8.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 939 650 67.4 63.1-71.4 66 7.2 5.2- 9.9 77 8.9 6.7-11.8 85 9.5 7.2-12.5 61 7.0 5.0- 9.7
Northwest 911 644 68.3 64.5-71.8 57 6.7 4.9- 8.9 78 9.5 7.3-12.2 76 8.8 6.8-11.3 56 6.8 5.0- 9.2
Charlotte 866 613 68.9 65.3-72.3 61 7.6 5.8- 9.9 87 11.4 9.1-14.1 66 7.7 5.9- 9.9 39 4.5 3.1- 6.4
Greensboro 538 367 68.1 63.5-72.4 44 7.8 5.6-10.8 57 10.7 8.2-14.0 38 7.3 5.1-10.2 32 6.1 4.1- 8.9
Southern Regional 610 414 67.5 62.9-71.8 35 6.2 4.0- 9.3 47 7.6 5.5-10.4 61 9.3 7.0-12.3 53 9.5 6.9-12.8
Southeast 346 248 71.6 65.7-76.8 18 5.3 3.2- 8.7 27 8.0 5.3-11.9 26 7.0 4.4-10.9 27 8.1 5.2-12.4
Wake 886 587 65.3 61.5-68.9 69 7.7 6.0- 9.9 104 12.6 10.1-15.7 87 9.8 7.8-12.2 39 4.6 3.2- 6.6
Area L & Eastern 1,351 938 68.4 65.0-71.6 92 6.4 4.9- 8.2 104 8.8 7.0-11.0 107 8.2 6.5-10.4 110 8.2 6.5-10.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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