2019 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 4,183 264 6.1 5.3- 7.0 3,919 93.9 93.0-94.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 420 24 4.9 3.1- 7.7 396 95.1 92.3-96.9
Region 3 361 26 6.8 4.0-11.3 335 93.2 88.7-96.0
Region 4 818 53 6.6 4.9- 8.9 765 93.4 91.1-95.1
Region 5 607 27 3.8 2.5- 5.8 580 96.2 94.2-97.5
Region 6 414 30 7.0 4.7-10.2 384 93.0 89.8-95.3
Region 7 672 39 5.8 4.1- 8.2 633 94.2 91.8-95.9
Region 8 498 38 6.9 4.7-10.1 460 93.1 89.9-95.3
Region 9 & 10 393 27 8.4 5.5-12.6 366 91.6 87.4-94.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,375 102 7.7 6.1- 9.6 1,273 92.3 90.4-93.9
Piedmont 2,262 130 5.4 4.5- 6.6 2,132 94.6 93.4-95.5
Western NC 546 32 5.7 3.6- 8.8 514 94.3 91.2-96.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 334 19 5.4 3.3- 8.9 315 94.6 91.1-96.7
Northwest 641 44 6.4 4.4- 9.3 597 93.6 90.7-95.6
Charlotte 632 41 6.4 4.5- 8.8 591 93.6 91.2-95.5
Greensboro 460 17 3.0 1.8- 5.1 443 97.0 94.9-98.2
Southern Regional 540 44 7.4 5.2-10.3 496 92.6 89.7-94.8
Southeast 235 15 6.3 3.4-11.4 220 93.7 88.6-96.6
Wake 749 36 5.0 3.5- 7.1 713 95.0 92.9-96.5
Area L & Eastern 592 48 9.0 6.5-12.4 544 91.0 87.6-93.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 519 31 5.0 3.3- 7.4 488 95.0 92.6-96.7
Region 2 493 34 7.1 4.5-10.9 459 92.9 89.1-95.5
Region 3 587 38 6.3 4.4- 8.9 549 93.7 91.1-95.6
Region 4 564 24 3.5 2.3- 5.5 540 96.5 94.5-97.7
Region 5 534 41 6.9 4.8- 9.9 493 93.1 90.1-95.2
Region 6 494 22 5.3 3.3- 8.6 472 94.7 91.4-96.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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