2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,860 301 5.8 5.0- 6.7 4,559 94.2 93.3-95.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 493 34 7.4 4.4-12.3 459 92.6 87.7-95.6
Region 3 473 33 6.5 4.5- 9.3 440 93.5 90.7-95.5
Region 4 724 37 5.1 3.6- 7.3 687 94.9 92.7-96.4
Region 5 660 35 4.6 3.2- 6.5 625 95.4 93.5-96.8
Region 6 527 42 7.8 5.5-11.1 485 92.2 88.9-94.5
Region 7 698 29 4.5 2.9- 6.7 669 95.5 93.3-97.1
Region 8 793 62 6.9 5.0- 9.4 731 93.1 90.6-95.0
Region 9 & 10 492 29 6.1 4.0- 9.4 463 93.9 90.6-96.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,826 123 6.1 4.9- 7.6 1,703 93.9 92.4-95.1
Piedmont 2,420 135 5.3 4.4- 6.4 2,285 94.7 93.6-95.6
Western NC 614 43 7.2 4.6-11.0 571 92.8 89.0-95.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 407 25 7.5 4.1-13.1 382 92.5 86.9-95.9
Northwest 715 53 6.5 4.8- 8.9 662 93.5 91.1-95.2
Charlotte 581 29 4.8 3.2- 7.2 552 95.2 92.8-96.8
Greensboro 509 30 5.0 3.4- 7.4 479 95.0 92.6-96.6
Southern Regional 781 58 6.2 4.5- 8.6 723 93.8 91.4-95.5
Southeast 368 27 7.7 5.1-11.7 341 92.3 88.3-94.9
Wake 812 36 4.7 3.2- 6.9 776 95.3 93.1-96.8
Area L & Eastern 687 43 6.2 4.3- 8.7 644 93.8 91.3-95.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 518 35 7.2 4.3-11.8 483 92.8 88.2-95.7
Region 2 734 47 5.6 4.1- 7.6 687 94.4 92.4-95.9
Region 3 737 40 5.3 3.7- 7.4 697 94.7 92.6-96.3
Region 4 1,043 46 4.4 3.2- 6.2 997 95.6 93.8-96.8
Region 5 1,176 94 7.6 6.0- 9.8 1,082 92.4 90.2-94.0
Region 6 652 39 6.3 4.3- 9.1 613 93.7 90.9-95.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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