2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,593 377 7.3 6.4- 8.2 4,216 92.7 91.8-93.6
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 749 73 9.6 7.0-12.9 676 90.4 87.1-93.0
Region 3 388 28 7.3 4.8-11.0 360 92.7 89.0-95.2
Region 4 690 39 6.0 4.3- 8.5 651 94.0 91.5-95.7
Region 5 547 42 7.2 5.1-10.3 505 92.8 89.7-94.9
Region 6 416 50 10.3 7.4-14.3 366 89.7 85.7-92.6
Region 7 601 34 4.9 3.3- 7.3 567 95.1 92.7-96.7
Region 8 513 48 9.1 6.4-12.8 465 90.9 87.2-93.6
Region 9 & 10 695 63 7.8 5.8-10.5 632 92.2 89.5-94.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,663 156 8.3 6.8-10.1 1,507 91.7 89.9-93.2
Piedmont 2,068 141 6.3 5.2- 7.7 1,927 93.7 92.3-94.8
Western NC 868 80 9.0 6.8-11.9 788 91.0 88.1-93.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 662 66 9.7 7.0-13.2 596 90.3 86.8-93.0
Northwest 630 43 6.4 4.5- 8.9 587 93.6 91.1-95.5
Charlotte 545 32 6.6 4.5- 9.6 513 93.4 90.4-95.5
Greensboro 439 34 8.2 5.6-11.9 405 91.8 88.1-94.4
Southern Regional 518 62 10.1 7.4-13.5 456 89.9 86.5-92.6
Southeast 258 23 9.3 5.6-15.1 235 90.7 84.9-94.4
Wake 661 36 4.7 3.2- 6.8 625 95.3 93.2-96.8
Area L & Eastern 886 81 8.0 6.0-10.5 805 92.0 89.5-94.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 749 73 9.6 7.0-12.9 676 90.4 87.1-93.0
Region 2 645 56 9.0 6.7-12.1 589 91.0 87.9-93.3
Region 3 700 40 5.9 4.2- 8.3 660 94.1 91.7-95.8
Region 4 858 44 4.3 3.0- 6.1 814 95.7 93.9-97.0
Region 5 796 86 9.9 7.6-12.9 710 90.1 87.1-92.4
Region 6 851 78 8.0 6.1-10.3 773 92.0 89.7-93.9

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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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