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 4,610 829 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,781 85.1 83.8-86.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 751 154 18.7 15.2-22.6 597 81.3 77.4-84.8
Region 3 389 68 15.0 11.5-19.3 321 85.0 80.7-88.5
Region 4 695 103 13.3 10.6-16.6 592 86.7 83.4-89.4
Region 5 552 83 12.0 9.4-15.2 469 88.0 84.8-90.6
Region 6 417 89 20.6 16.1-26.0 328 79.4 74.0-83.9
Region 7 602 83 11.8 9.2-15.0 519 88.2 85.0-90.8
Region 8 516 113 18.9 15.3-23.1 403 81.1 76.9-84.7
Region 9 & 10 694 136 16.3 13.3-19.9 558 83.7 80.1-86.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,666 342 18.1 15.9-20.6 1,324 81.9 79.4-84.1
Piedmont 2,080 311 12.7 11.2-14.4 1,769 87.3 85.6-88.8
Western NC 870 176 18.2 15.1-21.7 694 81.8 78.3-84.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 663 135 17.5 14.2-21.4 528 82.5 78.6-85.8
Northwest 632 114 15.5 12.4-19.1 518 84.5 80.9-87.6
Charlotte 550 78 13.2 10.1-16.9 472 86.8 83.1-89.9
Greensboro 443 70 13.1 10.1-16.9 373 86.9 83.1-89.9
Southern Regional 519 121 23.2 18.8-28.3 398 76.8 71.7-81.2
Southeast 261 52 16.0 11.7-21.4 209 84.0 78.6-88.3
Wake 663 83 10.5 8.2-13.3 580 89.5 86.7-91.8
Area L & Eastern 885 176 16.6 13.8-19.8 709 83.4 80.2-86.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 751 154 18.7 15.2-22.6 597 81.3 77.4-84.8
Region 2 647 110 13.9 11.3-16.9 537 86.1 83.1-88.7
Region 3 705 105 13.1 10.4-16.3 600 86.9 83.7-89.6
Region 4 863 114 11.5 9.3-14.1 749 88.5 85.9-90.7
Region 5 799 177 20.6 17.3-24.4 622 79.4 75.6-82.7
Region 6 851 169 16.3 13.6-19.3 682 83.7 80.7-86.4

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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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