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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,505 | 3,384 | 61.1 | 59.5-62.7 | 1,471 | 26.1 | 24.7-27.6 | 310 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.0 | 99 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.4 | 241 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 |
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Regions 1 & 2 | 951 | 569 | 58.6 | 54.2-62.8 | 259 | 27.5 | 23.8-31.5 | 56 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.7 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 | 47 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.2 |
Region 3 | 509 | 322 | 61.5 | 56.4-66.4 | 130 | 25.2 | 21.0-29.9 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.1 |
Region 4 | 826 | 506 | 59.0 | 55.1-62.8 | 219 | 26.7 | 23.4-30.2 | 51 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.4 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.7 | 39 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.7 |
Region 5 | 597 | 404 | 68.9 | 64.5-73.0 | 129 | 20.1 | 16.7-23.9 | 39 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 |
Region 6 | 471 | 277 | 57.3 | 52.0-62.5 | 140 | 30.1 | 25.4-35.2 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.9 |
Region 7 | 674 | 414 | 63.3 | 59.0-67.4 | 200 | 28.5 | 24.8-32.5 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.1 | 18 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 |
Region 8 | 486 | 282 | 55.9 | 50.6-61.0 | 129 | 27.3 | 22.9-32.1 | 33 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.2 | 29 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 |
Region 9 | 449 | 272 | 60.9 | 54.9-66.6 | 125 | 25.9 | 21.1-31.5 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 |
Region 10 | 545 | 339 | 60.0 | 55.0-64.8 | 141 | 26.0 | 22.0-30.5 | 33 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.3 |
STATE REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,999 | 1,207 | 59.5 | 56.8-62.2 | 539 | 27.0 | 24.6-29.5 | 119 | 6.2 | 5.0- 7.8 | 38 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.6 | 96 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.0 |
Piedmont | 2,409 | 1,515 | 62.4 | 60.2-64.7 | 639 | 25.6 | 23.6-27.6 | 126 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.3 | 39 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.7 | 90 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.3 |
Western NC | 1,100 | 663 | 59.0 | 55.0-62.9 | 294 | 26.7 | 23.3-30.4 | 65 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.5 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | 56 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 847 | 513 | 59.7 | 55.1-64.2 | 223 | 26.3 | 22.5-30.5 | 53 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.8 | 19 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 39 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.5 |
Northwest | 808 | 489 | 58.0 | 53.9-62.0 | 226 | 29.0 | 25.4-32.9 | 41 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.6 | 12 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 | 40 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.8 |
Charlotte | 645 | 405 | 60.8 | 56.3-65.0 | 162 | 24.2 | 20.8-28.1 | 38 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.0 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.7 |
Greensboro | 476 | 316 | 67.0 | 62.0-71.6 | 106 | 21.1 | 17.3-25.5 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.7 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 |
Southern Regional | 531 | 306 | 54.8 | 49.8-59.7 | 156 | 31.1 | 26.6-36.0 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.9 | 11 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.1 | 33 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.8 |
Southeast | 294 | 176 | 57.7 | 51.1-64.1 | 74 | 25.1 | 19.9-31.1 | 21 | 7.3 | 4.4-11.8 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 7.2 | 4.2-11.9 |
Wake | 728 | 459 | 65.6 | 61.4-69.4 | 206 | 25.8 | 22.4-29.6 | 32 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.6 | 14 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.9 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 |
Area L & Eastern | 1,179 | 721 | 61.0 | 57.2-64.6 | 319 | 26.8 | 23.6-30.2 | 71 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.5 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.2 | 49 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.4 |
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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