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2016 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,514 1,107 18.2 17.1-19.4 2,042 32.0 30.7-33.5 2,058 31.5 30.1-32.9 921 13.2 12.2-14.3 386 5.1 4.5- 5.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2 1,066 168 17.1 14.1-20.5 341 34.0 30.2-38.1 316 30.0 26.4-34.0 161 11.4 9.4-13.8 80 7.4 5.7- 9.7
Region 3 573 85 15.0 11.9-18.8 190 31.4 27.2-35.9 171 29.7 25.4-34.3 87 16.6 13.1-20.8 40 7.3 5.2-10.1
Region 4 1,091 194 18.7 16.3-21.5 383 34.4 31.3-37.6 347 32.5 29.4-35.7 120 10.1 8.3-12.3 47 4.3 3.1- 5.9
Region 5 699 135 19.1 16.0-22.7 237 34.9 30.9-39.1 222 30.4 26.6-34.4 86 13.4 10.5-16.9 19 2.3 1.4- 3.7
Region 6 559 85 16.2 13.0-20.1 155 27.1 23.0-31.6 170 31.4 27.0-36.1 115 19.8 16.3-23.8 34 5.5 3.8- 7.9
Region 7 817 168 21.7 18.5-25.2 264 32.2 28.6-35.9 255 30.5 26.9-34.3 99 12.2 9.8-15.2 31 3.5 2.3- 5.1
Region 8 589 90 15.5 12.6-19.1 163 29.3 25.1-33.9 193 32.2 27.9-36.7 96 16.3 13.2-20.0 47 6.7 4.8- 9.3
Region 9 494 69 15.7 11.7-20.8 138 28.0 23.3-33.3 165 32.8 27.7-38.4 86 16.8 13.0-21.4 36 6.7 4.4- 9.9
Region 10 628 114 18.8 15.3-22.9 171 25.6 22.0-29.7 219 36.1 31.8-40.6 72 11.3 8.6-14.6 52 8.2 6.0-11.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,331 372 17.4 15.5-19.4 646 27.8 25.5-30.2 765 32.1 29.7-34.5 369 15.9 14.2-17.9 179 6.8 5.7- 8.2
Piedmont 2,948 547 19.1 17.5-20.8 1,000 33.8 31.8-35.7 925 31.6 29.7-33.6 365 12.0 10.7-13.4 111 3.6 2.9- 4.4
Western NC 1,237 189 16.1 13.5-19.1 396 33.5 30.0-37.1 368 29.5 26.1-33.0 188 13.1 10.7-15.9 96 7.8 6.1-10.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 948 158 19.1 15.8-22.9 296 32.7 28.7-37.0 274 28.4 24.5-32.6 150 12.4 10.2-15.0 70 7.4 5.4- 9.9
Northwest 920 133 15.0 12.5-18.0 305 31.8 28.4-35.4 292 32.6 29.1-36.3 127 13.6 11.2-16.5 63 6.9 5.3- 9.1
Charlotte 876 157 18.9 16.2-22.0 316 35.5 32.1-39.1 274 31.6 28.2-35.2 94 10.1 8.1-12.6 35 3.9 2.6- 5.6
Greensboro 543 101 18.3 15.0-22.3 177 33.4 29.0-38.0 177 32.4 28.0-37.0 73 13.4 10.4-17.2 15 2.5 1.5- 4.3
Southern Regional 615 92 15.6 12.6-19.2 164 26.0 22.1-30.3 192 31.9 27.8-36.4 128 21.0 17.5-24.9 39 5.5 3.9- 7.8
Southeast 353 53 14.4 10.9-18.8 97 28.9 23.8-34.7 113 31.2 25.9-37.0 58 17.4 13.3-22.4 32 8.1 5.4-12.1
Wake 890 184 21.7 18.7-25.1 308 34.6 31.1-38.4 271 29.1 25.8-32.6 101 12.1 9.7-15.2 26 2.4 1.6- 3.6
Area L & Eastern 1,371 230 18.7 16.0-21.8 379 27.6 24.5-30.9 465 33.9 30.7-37.4 191 12.5 10.4-14.8 106 7.3 5.7- 9.2

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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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