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Never | Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,860 | 258 | 8.5 | 7.4- 9.7 | 3,097 | 78.5 | 76.9-80.0 | 329 | 8.3 | 7.3- 9.3 | 117 | 3.2 | 2.6- 3.9 | 59 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.2 |
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Region 1 & 2 | 384 | 27 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.5 | 308 | 79.6 | 74.3-84.0 | 26 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 3 | 337 | 20 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.0 | 268 | 78.3 | 72.6-83.1 | 36 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Region 4 | 771 | 51 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.6 | 619 | 77.9 | 74.3-81.1 | 69 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.2 | 23 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 5 | 547 | 37 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 424 | 77.2 | 73.0-80.9 | 58 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.0 | 21 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 6 | 382 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.6 | 319 | 83.1 | 78.5-86.9 | 34 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Region 7 | 642 | 54 | 10.3 | 7.5-13.9 | 506 | 78.0 | 73.9-81.7 | 52 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.3 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 | 11 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 |
Region 8 | 449 | 26 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.7 | 377 | 80.9 | 75.9-85.0 | 28 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 9 & 10 | 348 | 24 | 9.1 | 5.7-14.1 | 276 | 77.5 | 71.6-82.4 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.5 | 14 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
STATE REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,246 | 80 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.4 | 1,030 | 80.4 | 77.4-83.0 | 87 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.2 | 31 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 | 18 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.7 |
Piedmont | 2,114 | 141 | 8.3 | 6.9- 9.9 | 1,671 | 77.7 | 75.6-79.8 | 203 | 9.1 | 7.8-10.6 | 70 | 3.4 | 2.6- 4.4 | 29 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.2 |
Western NC | 500 | 37 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 | 396 | 78.8 | 74.2-82.8 | 39 | 7.8 | 5.4-10.9 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 305 | 24 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.8 | 239 | 77.8 | 71.5-83.0 | 21 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.2 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
Northwest | 598 | 36 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.8 | 484 | 78.7 | 74.5-82.4 | 56 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.1 | 15 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Charlotte | 597 | 38 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.3 | 479 | 78.2 | 74.1-81.8 | 55 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.9 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Greensboro | 413 | 24 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 | 330 | 78.7 | 73.8-83.0 | 39 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.5 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Southern Regional | 490 | 25 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | 411 | 82.8 | 78.5-86.4 | 36 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.2 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** |
Southeast | 217 | 11 | 6.7 | 3.6-12.2 | 184 | 82.6 | 75.9-87.8 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Wake | 710 | 61 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.3 | 542 | 76.2 | 72.3-79.8 | 71 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.9 | 22 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.8 | 14 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 |
Area L & Eastern | 530 | 39 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.3 | 428 | 77.4 | 72.5-81.6 | 37 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.1 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** |
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Region 1 | 474 | 35 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.6 | 385 | 80.3 | 75.6-84.3 | 30 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.4 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 2 | 461 | 29 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.2 | 365 | 77.4 | 72.5-81.7 | 48 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.5 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 3 | 557 | 34 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 445 | 78.6 | 74.5-82.2 | 53 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.0 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 4 | 508 | 34 | 7.8 | 5.4-11.2 | 397 | 77.3 | 72.9-81.1 | 50 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.4 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 5 | 487 | 26 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.9 | 408 | 84.2 | 80.0-87.6 | 37 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.3 | 11 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** |
Region 6 | 470 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 | 356 | 77.9 | 73.1-82.1 | 47 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.6 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.4 | *** | *** | *** |
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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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