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 risks of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use for having a healthy pregnancy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 877 446 50.6 46.6-54.6 431 49.4 45.4-53.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 145 72 50.1 41.0-59.2 73 49.9 40.8-59.0
Region 5 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 130 62 51.6 41.8-61.2 68 48.4 38.8-58.2
Region 8 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 10 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 288 152 55.7 48.5-62.6 136 44.3 37.4-51.5
Piedmont 438 215 48.9 43.6-54.3 223 51.1 45.7-56.4
Western NC 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 118 55 44.7 35.1-54.7 63 55.3 45.3-64.9
Greensboro 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 156 78 49.8 40.6-58.9 78 50.2 41.1-59.4
Area L & Eastern 167 87 53.4 43.3-63.1 80 46.6 36.9-56.7

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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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