2020 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 5,646 367 6.2 5.5- 7.1 5,279 93.8 92.9-94.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 668 42 6.5 4.5- 9.2 626 93.5 90.8-95.5
Region 3 616 36 6.4 4.2- 9.6 580 93.6 90.4-95.8
Region 4 897 58 6.2 4.6- 8.4 839 93.8 91.6-95.4
Region 5 680 36 5.1 3.4- 7.5 644 94.9 92.5-96.6
Region 6 638 56 8.6 6.3-11.7 582 91.4 88.3-93.7
Region 7 740 36 5.0 3.4- 7.2 704 95.0 92.8-96.6
Region 8 878 64 6.7 4.9- 9.2 814 93.3 90.8-95.1
Region 9 & 10 529 39 6.4 4.2- 9.5 490 93.6 90.5-95.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,042 155 7.0 5.7- 8.6 1,887 93.0 91.4-94.3
Piedmont 2,750 155 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,595 94.4 93.2-95.4
Western NC 854 57 6.8 4.9- 9.3 797 93.2 90.7-95.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 565 33 5.7 3.8- 8.5 532 94.3 91.5-96.2
Northwest 913 56 6.3 4.5- 8.9 857 93.7 91.1-95.5
Charlotte 712 47 6.3 4.5- 8.6 665 93.7 91.4-95.5
Greensboro 493 30 5.9 3.8- 9.0 463 94.1 91.0-96.2
Southern Regional 880 78 8.8 6.7-11.5 802 91.2 88.5-93.3
Southeast 443 34 7.8 5.2-11.6 409 92.2 88.4-94.8
Wake 891 41 4.6 3.2- 6.6 850 95.4 93.4-96.8
Area L & Eastern 749 48 5.8 4.0- 8.3 701 94.2 91.7-96.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 668 42 6.5 4.5- 9.2 626 93.5 90.8-95.5
Region 2 910 57 7.0 5.0- 9.6 853 93.0 90.4-95.0
Region 3 906 58 6.2 4.6- 8.3 848 93.8 91.7-95.4
Region 4 1,081 49 4.5 3.3- 6.2 1,032 95.5 93.8-96.7
Region 5 1,348 110 8.1 6.4-10.2 1,238 91.9 89.8-93.6
Region 6 733 51 6.1 4.3- 8.6 682 93.9 91.4-95.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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