2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Injection Drug Use

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,561 346 10.5 9.3-12.0 3,215 89.5 88.0-90.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 638 84 11.8 9.0-15.5 554 88.2 84.5-91.0
Region 3 323 40 14.7 10.4-20.5 283 85.3 79.5-89.6
Region 4 471 43 10.2 7.3-14.1 428 89.8 85.9-92.7
Region 5 407 32 9.3 6.4-13.4 375 90.7 86.6-93.6
Region 6 317 37 11.6 8.2-16.1 280 88.4 83.9-91.8
Region 7 438 35 9.5 6.6-13.5 403 90.5 86.5-93.4
Region 8 395 36 11.4 7.2-17.6 359 88.6 82.4-92.8
Region 9 & 10 574 39 7.7 5.1-11.6 535 92.3 88.4-94.9
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,312 117 10.9 8.7-13.6 1,195 89.1 86.4-91.3
Piedmont 1,515 124 9.6 7.9-11.6 1,391 90.4 88.4-92.1
Western NC 736 105 14.3 11.2-18.0 631 85.7 82.0-88.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 567 75 12.5 9.3-16.6 492 87.5 83.4-90.7
Northwest 515 59 12.2 9.0-16.4 456 87.8 83.6-91.0
Charlotte 358 34 11.0 7.7-15.5 324 89.0 84.5-92.3
Greensboro 347 28 10.1 6.8-14.7 319 89.9 85.3-93.2
Southern Regional 407 48 11.7 8.6-15.7 359 88.3 84.3-91.4
Southeast 208 17 8.2 4.9-13.6 191 91.8 86.4-95.1
Wake 459 31 7.5 5.0-11.1 428 92.5 88.9-95.0
Area L & Eastern 702 54 11.0 7.6-15.7 648 89.0 84.3-92.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 638 84 11.8 9.0-15.5 554 88.2 84.5-91.0
Region 2 523 54 12.6 9.4-16.7 469 87.4 83.3-90.6
Region 3 479 44 10.4 7.5-14.3 435 89.6 85.7-92.5
Region 4 619 49 9.1 6.7-12.2 570 90.9 87.8-93.3
Region 5 633 66 10.3 7.9-13.3 567 89.7 86.7-92.1
Region 6 671 49 9.8 6.4-14.6 622 90.2 85.4-93.6

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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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