2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,822 4,338 89.7 88.6-90.7 484 10.3 9.3-11.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 487 429 88.4 83.8-91.7 58 11.6 8.3-16.2
Region 3 472 430 90.4 86.5-93.2 42 9.6 6.8-13.5
Region 4 710 641 90.1 87.3-92.3 69 9.9 7.7-12.7
Region 5 655 588 89.8 86.9-92.2 67 10.2 7.8-13.1
Region 6 526 484 90.1 85.9-93.1 42 9.9 6.9-14.1
Region 7 688 604 88.9 86.1-91.2 84 11.1 8.8-13.9
Region 8 784 713 89.9 87.0-92.2 71 10.1 7.8-13.0
Region 9 & 10 500 449 89.4 85.6-92.2 51 10.6 7.8-14.4
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,823 1,657 89.8 87.8-91.5 166 10.2 8.5-12.2
Piedmont 2,392 2,142 89.8 88.3-91.1 250 10.2 8.9-11.7
Western NC 607 539 88.6 84.6-91.6 68 11.4 8.4-15.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 404 356 87.7 82.5-91.5 48 12.3 8.5-17.5
Northwest 708 640 88.8 85.3-91.6 68 11.2 8.4-14.7
Charlotte 570 516 91.2 88.4-93.4 54 8.8 6.6-11.6
Greensboro 509 455 89.3 85.6-92.1 54 10.7 7.9-14.4
Southern Regional 772 712 90.3 86.6-93.1 60 9.7 6.9-13.4
Southeast 365 329 89.3 84.9-92.5 36 10.7 7.5-15.1
Wake 799 703 89.4 87.0-91.4 96 10.6 8.6-13.0
Area L & Eastern 695 627 89.5 86.2-92.1 68 10.5 7.9-13.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 512 454 88.8 84.5-92.1 58 11.2 7.9-15.5
Region 2 738 672 90.6 87.7-92.9 66 9.4 7.1-12.3
Region 3 723 653 90.1 87.3-92.3 70 9.9 7.7-12.7
Region 4 1,024 900 88.9 86.7-90.8 124 11.1 9.2-13.3
Region 5 1,165 1,060 89.2 86.5-91.4 105 10.8 8.6-13.5
Region 6 660 599 90.1 86.7-92.7 61 9.9 7.3-13.3

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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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