2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,448 338 9.6 8.4-10.8 3,528 76.9 75.2-78.4 378 9.2 8.1-10.3 153 3.3 2.7- 4.1 51 1.0 0.8- 1.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 453 35 9.6 6.5-14.1 357 76.7 71.0-81.6 42 10.1 6.7-15.0 16 2.8 1.5- 5.2 *** *** ***
Region 3 428 21 5.8 3.5- 9.3 358 81.3 75.6-85.9 30 6.4 4.0-10.0 16 5.9 2.9-11.6 *** *** ***
Region 4 670 62 12.0 9.2-15.6 528 76.3 72.3-80.0 54 8.1 6.0-10.8 19 2.7 1.6- 4.6 *** *** ***
Region 5 594 35 6.2 4.3- 8.9 452 76.2 72.0-80.0 58 9.6 7.2-12.6 36 5.6 3.8- 8.2 13 2.4 1.3- 4.5
Region 6 473 35 8.8 6.1-12.7 389 79.0 73.8-83.4 31 8.5 5.5-13.0 14 3.0 1.7- 5.3 *** *** ***
Region 7 638 55 9.1 6.8-12.1 465 74.2 70.2-77.9 84 13.2 10.5-16.5 26 2.7 1.7- 4.1 *** *** ***
Region 8 739 60 12.2 9.2-16.0 615 77.4 73.1-81.3 43 7.4 5.1-10.5 13 1.8 0.9- 3.6 *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 453 35 11.4 7.3-17.2 364 76.6 70.7-81.7 36 7.6 5.2-11.0 13 3.1 1.7- 5.8 *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,681 128 10.5 8.4-13.0 1,383 78.5 75.6-81.1 110 7.5 6.0- 9.3 42 2.5 1.7- 3.6 18 1.0 0.6- 1.7
Piedmont 2,207 169 9.3 7.9-11.0 1,698 75.8 73.5-77.9 219 10.0 8.6-11.6 92 3.8 2.9- 4.9 29 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Western NC 560 41 9.2 6.4-13.1 447 77.5 72.4-81.8 49 9.4 6.3-13.8 19 3.3 1.9- 5.6 *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 374 28 9.1 5.8-13.9 290 76.6 70.4-81.8 38 10.2 6.6-15.6 15 3.3 1.8- 6.2 *** *** ***
Northwest 649 37 7.9 5.5-11.2 546 80.7 76.0-84.6 41 6.6 4.3- 9.8 20 4.1 2.2- 7.7 *** *** ***
Charlotte 542 54 12.5 9.4-16.6 420 75.7 71.2-79.7 47 8.2 6.0-11.0 16 2.9 1.6- 5.1 *** *** ***
Greensboro 453 28 6.6 4.3- 9.9 352 77.9 73.0-82.0 40 8.6 6.0-12.2 24 4.6 2.9- 7.2 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 709 48 9.3 6.6-12.8 599 80.3 75.6-84.2 38 6.8 4.3-10.6 18 3.1 1.8- 5.5 *** *** ***
Southeast 346 31 11.2 7.7-16.0 283 78.9 73.3-83.5 23 7.5 4.8-11.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 744 64 8.6 6.6-11.1 529 71.7 67.9-75.2 102 14.6 11.9-17.8 39 4.2 2.9- 6.0 *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 631 48 11.3 7.8-16.0 509 77.8 72.8-82.0 49 7.3 5.3-10.0 17 2.4 1.4- 4.3 *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 474 36 9.5 6.4-13.7 373 76.5 71.0-81.3 44 9.8 6.5-14.5 18 3.6 2.0- 6.2 *** *** ***
Region 2 669 36 6.5 4.5- 9.3 546 79.7 75.5-83.4 52 7.4 5.4-10.2 25 4.5 2.6- 7.6 *** *** ***
Region 3 684 63 12.0 9.2-15.4 541 76.5 72.5-80.1 54 7.9 5.9-10.6 19 2.7 1.6- 4.6 *** *** ***
Region 4 941 73 7.9 6.2-10.0 688 73.8 70.5-76.9 117 13.2 10.8-15.9 50 4.1 3.0- 5.7 13 1.0 0.6- 1.9
Region 5 1,082 84 10.0 7.9-12.6 899 78.9 75.5-82.0 66 8.0 5.9-10.8 22 2.2 1.3- 3.7 11 0.9 0.4- 1.7
Region 6 598 46 12.1 8.3-17.5 481 76.9 71.6-81.5 45 6.9 4.9- 9.5 19 3.0 1.8- 5.0 *** *** ***

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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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