2016 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Preconception Health & Family Planning

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker ever talked with you about any of the following topics during a routine health care visit:
DO NOT include visits while pregnant, also called prenatal care visits.
The importance of being at a healthy weight for having a healthy pregnancy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 875 410 46.5 42.6-50.5 465 53.5 49.5-57.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 144 61 41.7 33.0-51.0 83 58.3 49.0-67.0
Region 5 106 48 42.2 32.2-52.9 58 57.8 47.1-67.8
Region 6 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 131 55 45.7 36.1-55.5 76 54.3 44.5-63.9
Region 8 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 10 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 287 143 51.1 43.9-58.1 144 48.9 41.9-56.1
Piedmont 437 201 45.1 39.8-50.4 236 54.9 49.6-60.2
Western NC 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 123 *** *** *** 62 49.0 39.0-59.1
Charlotte 117 46 36.8 27.8-46.8 71 63.2 53.2-72.2
Greensboro 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 155 70 45.9 37.0-55.2 85 54.1 44.8-63.0
Area L & Eastern 164 80 49.1 39.1-59.2 84 50.9 40.8-60.9

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*Asked of female respondents aged 18-44.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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