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 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 491 86 20.9 15.8-27.2 405 79.1 72.8-84.2
Region 3 474 85 15.8 12.4-19.9 389 84.2 80.1-87.6
Region 4 722 115 13.7 11.3-16.6 607 86.3 83.4-88.7
Region 5 657 82 11.8 9.3-15.0 575 88.2 85.0-90.7
Region 6 527 102 16.8 13.7-20.5 425 83.2 79.5-86.3
Region 7 699 78 11.8 9.2-15.0 621 88.2 85.0-90.8
Region 8 790 177 16.1 13.3-19.4 613 83.9 80.6-86.7
Region 9 & 10 491 81 16.3 12.8-20.6 410 83.7 79.4-87.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,824 365 16.5 14.5-18.6 1,459 83.5 81.4-85.5
Piedmont 2,415 329 12.6 11.2-14.2 2,086 87.4 85.8-88.8
Western NC 612 112 20.2 15.8-25.5 500 79.8 74.5-84.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 406 63 19.4 13.9-26.5 343 80.6 73.5-86.1
Northwest 714 139 16.5 13.5-19.9 575 83.5 80.1-86.5
Charlotte 580 88 13.8 11.0-17.1 492 86.2 82.9-89.0
Greensboro 507 69 12.4 9.4-16.1 438 87.6 83.9-90.6
Southern Regional 778 179 17.7 14.7-21.1 599 82.3 78.9-85.3
Southeast 368 64 16.0 12.1-20.9 304 84.0 79.1-87.9
Wake 811 83 10.6 8.4-13.4 728 89.4 86.6-91.6
Area L & Eastern 687 121 16.2 13.1-19.7 566 83.8 80.3-86.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 516 88 20.3 15.3-26.3 428 79.7 73.7-84.7
Region 2 733 118 13.7 11.1-16.9 615 86.3 83.1-88.9
Region 3 735 119 13.6 11.2-16.5 616 86.4 83.5-88.8
Region 4 1,043 115 11.5 9.5-14.0 928 88.5 86.0-90.5
Region 5 1,173 249 17.2 14.8-19.9 924 82.8 80.1-85.2
Region 6 651 117 16.4 13.2-20.1 534 83.6 79.9-86.8

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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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