BRFSS 2019 - North Carolina Regions: (A patient navigator is a trained professional who helps guide a patient through the healthcare system, which may include help going through the screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer. <br> Patient navigators may also help patients communicate with healthcare providers, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and/or lawyers to assist patients in obtaining emotional, social, legal or financial support. <br> Did you work with one or more patient navigator at any point during or after the course of your cancer treatment?*)

2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Cancer Survivorship

A patient navigator is a trained professional who helps guide a patient through the healthcare system, which may include help going through the screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer.
Patient navigators may also help patients communicate with healthcare providers, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and/or lawyers to assist patients in obtaining emotional, social, legal or financial support.
Did you work with one or more patient navigator at any point during or after the course of your cancer treatment?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	518	125	24.5	20.4-29.1	393	75.5	70.9-79.6
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2	57	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 3	58	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 4	95	***	***	***	68	73.3	62.0-82.2
Region 5	78	19	21.4	13.2-32.8	59	78.6	67.2-86.8
Region 6	51	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 7	72	15	21.1	12.9-32.5	57	78.9	67.5-87.1
Region 8	68	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 9 & 10	39	***	***	***	***	***	***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC	161	48	33.9	25.7-43.3	113	66.1	56.7-74.3
Piedmont	277	66	22.6	17.5-28.6	211	77.4	71.4-82.5
Western NC	80	11	17.2	9.4-29.3	69	82.8	70.7-90.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	49	***	***	***	***	***	***
Northwest	92	19	22.0	13.5-33.7	73	78.0	66.3-86.5
Charlotte	71	***	***	***	***	***	***
Greensboro	66	***	***	***	***	***	***
Southern Regional	66	***	***	***	***	***	***
Southeast	36	***	***	***	***	***	***
Wake	74	13	17.3	10.0-28.4	61	82.7	71.6-90.0
Area L & Eastern	64	***	***	***	***	***	***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1	78	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 2	72	14	19.5	11.2-31.6	58	80.5	68.4-88.8
Region 3	60	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 4	70	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 5	64	***	***	***	***	***	***
Region 6	50	***	***	***	***	***	***

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

518

125

24.5

20.4-29.1

393

75.5

70.9-79.6

NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS

Region 1 & 2

***

Region 3

***

Region 4

***

73.3

62.0-82.2

Region 5

21.4

13.2-32.8

78.6

67.2-86.8

Region 6

***

Region 7

21.1

12.9-32.5

78.9

67.5-87.1

Region 8

***

Region 9 & 10

***

STATE REGIONS

Eastern NC

161

33.9

25.7-43.3

113

66.1

56.7-74.3

Piedmont

277

22.6

17.5-28.6

211

77.4

71.4-82.5

Western NC

17.2

9.4-29.3

82.8

70.7-90.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

***

Northwest

22.0

13.5-33.7

78.0

66.3-86.5

Charlotte

***

Greensboro

***

Southern Regional

***

Southeast

***

Wake

17.3

10.0-28.4

82.7

71.6-90.0

Area L & Eastern

***

NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS

Region 1

***

Region 2

19.5

11.2-31.6

80.5

68.4-88.8

Region 3

***

Region 4

***

Region 5

***

Region 6

***

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*Asked of respondents that have a cancer diagnosis.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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