2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,784 273 4.8 4.1- 5.6 4,511 95.2 94.4-95.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 796 52 5.2 3.6- 7.5 744 94.8 92.5-96.4
Region 3 & 5 902 41 4.6 3.2- 6.7 861 95.4 93.3-96.8
Region 4 671 24 4.2 2.7- 6.5 647 95.8 93.5-97.3
Region 6 & 7 988 58 5.0 3.6- 6.8 930 95.0 93.2-96.4
Region 8 707 52 5.1 3.6- 7.1 655 94.9 92.9-96.4
Region 9 & 10 722 46 5.7 4.0- 8.0 676 94.3 92.0-96.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,908 129 5.2 4.2- 6.5 1,779 94.8 93.5-95.8
Piedmont 1,949 83 4.4 3.4- 5.6 1,866 95.6 94.4-96.6
Western NC 929 61 5.8 4.2- 8.1 868 94.2 91.9-95.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 712 47 5.9 4.0- 8.7 665 94.1 91.3-96.0
Northwest 617 26 3.5 2.3- 5.4 591 96.5 94.6-97.7
Charlotte 550 22 4.8 3.0- 7.5 528 95.2 92.5-97.0
Greensboro 368 23 5.9 3.5- 9.6 345 94.1 90.4-96.5
Southern Regional 689 55 5.5 3.8- 7.8 634 94.5 92.2-96.2
Southeast 300 16 4.5 2.6- 7.7 284 95.5 92.3-97.4
Wake 614 27 4.1 2.7- 6.4 587 95.9 93.6-97.3
Area L & Eastern 936 57 5.2 3.8- 7.1 879 94.8 92.9-96.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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