2018 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 4,626 288 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,338 94.6 93.7-95.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 753 63 8.6 5.9-12.3 690 91.4 87.7-94.1
Region 3 392 14 3.0 1.5- 5.7 378 97.0 94.3-98.5
Region 4 697 32 4.6 3.1- 6.9 665 95.4 93.1-96.9
Region 5 554 25 3.8 2.4- 5.9 529 96.2 94.1-97.6
Region 6 417 27 5.5 3.4- 8.8 390 94.5 91.2-96.6
Region 7 606 32 5.1 3.4- 7.6 574 94.9 92.4-96.6
Region 8 516 29 4.4 2.9- 6.7 487 95.6 93.3-97.1
Region 9 & 10 697 66 10.2 7.3-13.9 631 89.8 86.1-92.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,671 123 6.6 5.2- 8.3 1,548 93.4 91.7-94.8
Piedmont 2,088 95 4.3 3.4- 5.5 1,993 95.7 94.5-96.6
Western NC 873 70 7.9 5.6-11.0 803 92.1 89.0-94.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 664 54 6.9 4.8- 9.6 610 93.1 90.4-95.2
Northwest 638 30 4.6 2.9- 7.1 608 95.4 92.9-97.1
Charlotte 550 26 5.0 3.2- 7.8 524 95.0 92.2-96.8
Greensboro 445 20 4.4 2.7- 7.0 425 95.6 93.0-97.3
Southern Regional 519 34 5.6 3.7- 8.3 485 94.4 91.7-96.3
Southeast 261 15 4.3 2.4- 7.4 246 95.7 92.6-97.6
Wake 667 31 4.1 2.7- 6.1 636 95.9 93.9-97.3
Area L & Eastern 888 78 8.7 6.4-11.7 810 91.3 88.3-93.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 753 63 8.6 5.9-12.3 690 91.4 87.7-94.1
Region 2 651 25 3.5 2.2- 5.5 626 96.5 94.5-97.8
Region 3 707 33 4.6 3.1- 6.9 674 95.4 93.1-96.9
Region 4 868 44 4.6 3.3- 6.5 824 95.4 93.5-96.7
Region 5 799 51 5.4 3.9- 7.5 748 94.6 92.5-96.1
Region 6 854 72 8.3 6.1-11.2 782 91.7 88.8-93.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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