2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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Respond.^
Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,647 341 9.3 8.2-10.6 3,510 71.3 69.5-73.1 382 9.4 8.3-10.6 242 6.1 5.2- 7.1 172 3.9 3.2- 4.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 782 51 9.2 6.2-13.5 600 71.5 66.1-76.2 59 8.0 5.5-11.6 42 7.0 4.7-10.4 30 4.3 2.5- 7.2
Region 3 & 5 882 64 7.4 5.6- 9.7 644 70.9 67.1-74.4 87 11.3 9.0-14.3 57 6.5 4.9- 8.7 30 3.8 2.5- 5.9
Region 4 649 43 8.4 6.1-11.4 487 71.7 67.4-75.6 56 8.6 6.4-11.4 40 7.5 5.3-10.3 23 3.9 2.5- 6.2
Region 6 & 7 964 76 11.5 8.6-15.1 705 69.3 65.3-73.1 99 10.6 8.4-13.4 47 4.7 3.3- 6.8 37 3.8 2.6- 5.5
Region 8 666 58 11.1 8.3-14.7 517 72.8 68.2-77.0 41 8.1 5.7-11.5 25 3.9 2.5- 6.2 25 4.1 2.6- 6.3
Region 9 & 10 705 50 10.0 7.3-13.5 557 76.2 71.9-80.0 40 4.9 3.5- 6.9 31 5.6 3.6- 8.6 27 3.3 2.1- 5.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,834 147 11.9 9.6-14.6 1,404 70.7 67.6-73.6 131 8.5 6.9-10.6 85 5.5 4.2- 7.0 67 3.4 2.6- 4.6
Piedmont 1,906 136 8.2 6.8- 9.9 1,410 71.8 69.2-74.2 183 10.1 8.5-11.8 105 6.0 4.8- 7.4 72 4.0 3.0- 5.2
Western NC 908 59 8.9 6.3-12.5 696 71.0 66.3-75.3 68 8.6 6.1-11.9 52 7.6 5.4-10.6 33 3.9 2.4- 6.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 699 45 6.6 4.3- 9.9 535 75.3 70.1-79.9 55 7.8 5.1-11.8 39 7.3 4.7-11.1 25 3.0 1.7- 5.2
Northwest 599 41 8.5 5.8-12.2 451 72.4 67.5-76.8 52 8.0 5.8-11.0 31 5.9 3.9- 8.8 24 5.2 3.2- 8.4
Charlotte 529 37 9.0 6.4-12.6 400 71.0 66.2-75.4 44 9.0 6.5-12.4 32 7.7 5.3-11.1 16 3.2 1.8- 5.4
Greensboro 366 27 8.0 5.2-11.9 265 70.0 63.9-75.5 37 12.7 8.8-17.9 23 5.3 3.3- 8.3 14 4.1 2.1- 7.7
Southern Regional 657 50 13.2 8.5-19.8 498 68.2 62.1-73.8 51 7.5 5.4-10.4 33 6.3 4.1- 9.6 25 4.8 2.9- 7.7
Southeast 294 23 9.1 5.6-14.5 231 76.4 69.8-81.9 18 7.1 4.2-11.6 13 4.5 2.3- 8.5 *** *** ***
Wake 605 43 8.7 6.1-12.4 434 68.8 64.0-73.3 69 12.4 9.5-16.0 34 5.6 3.7- 8.6 25 4.4 2.8- 6.8
Area L & Eastern 899 76 12.7 9.5-16.8 696 73.2 68.6-77.2 56 6.8 4.8- 9.6 37 4.5 3.0- 6.9 34 2.8 1.8- 4.2

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*Asked only of those who report being told they have high blood pressure.

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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