2021 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 4,832 575 12.9 11.7-14.1 4,257 87.1 85.9-88.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 491 61 13.8 10.0-18.9 430 86.2 81.1-90.0
Region 3 472 52 13.0 9.5-17.6 420 87.0 82.4-90.5
Region 4 719 81 12.2 9.7-15.2 638 87.8 84.8-90.3
Region 5 654 68 11.2 8.6-14.4 586 88.8 85.6-91.4
Region 6 523 74 16.7 12.9-21.2 449 83.3 78.8-87.1
Region 7 697 75 11.7 9.2-14.8 622 88.3 85.2-90.8
Region 8 784 100 11.9 9.5-15.0 684 88.1 85.0-90.5
Region 9 & 10 492 64 15.5 11.8-20.1 428 84.5 79.9-88.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,816 238 14.3 12.3-16.5 1,578 85.7 83.5-87.7
Piedmont 2,404 257 11.9 10.4-13.6 2,147 88.1 86.4-89.6
Western NC 612 80 14.4 10.9-18.8 532 85.6 81.2-89.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 405 49 12.0 8.6-16.7 356 88.0 83.3-91.4
Northwest 714 84 14.3 11.1-18.3 630 85.7 81.7-88.9
Charlotte 576 65 12.3 9.5-15.8 511 87.7 84.2-90.5
Greensboro 506 54 10.7 7.9-14.4 452 89.3 85.6-92.1
Southern Regional 771 100 14.3 11.2-18.1 671 85.7 81.9-88.8
Southeast 367 50 12.6 9.3-16.9 317 87.4 83.1-90.7
Wake 807 88 12.4 9.9-15.5 719 87.6 84.5-90.1
Area L & Eastern 686 85 14.1 11.0-17.8 601 85.9 82.2-89.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 516 63 13.6 9.8-18.4 453 86.4 81.6-90.2
Region 2 731 76 11.2 8.6-14.4 655 88.8 85.6-91.4
Region 3 732 85 12.5 10.0-15.5 647 87.5 84.5-90.0
Region 4 1,038 113 12.2 10.0-14.8 925 87.8 85.2-90.0
Region 5 1,165 154 14.4 11.9-17.2 1,011 85.6 82.8-88.1
Region 6 650 84 14.8 11.6-18.7 566 85.2 81.3-88.4

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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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