2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Employer Plan Purchased Plan Medicare Medicaid TRICARE/VA/Military Other Plan
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,338 1,925 47.2 45.4-49.0 446 11.2 10.1-12.5 1,344 26.3 24.8-27.9 205 5.9 5.0- 6.9 291 6.4 5.6- 7.4 127 3.0 2.4- 3.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 429 156 37.4 32.1-43.0 46 11.2 8.2-15.2 175 38.8 33.0-44.9 19 5.0 2.9- 8.3 18 4.8 2.8- 8.0 15 2.8 1.5- 5.2
Region 3 430 198 46.5 40.8-52.2 51 13.4 9.7-18.2 136 27.5 23.0-32.5 19 6.0 3.6- 9.9 14 2.6 1.5- 4.6 12 4.1 1.6-10.2
Region 4 641 326 53.5 49.1-57.9 61 11.1 8.4-14.5 180 22.3 19.1-25.7 30 6.5 4.4- 9.6 23 3.9 2.4- 6.5 21 2.7 1.7- 4.3
Region 5 588 301 49.6 44.8-54.4 74 14.5 11.2-18.5 153 25.3 21.3-29.7 22 5.0 3.1- 7.9 20 2.9 1.7- 4.8 18 2.7 1.6- 4.6
Region 6 484 151 32.5 27.7-37.5 37 10.0 7.1-14.0 139 21.5 18.0-25.4 33 8.1 5.5-12.0 108 24.5 20.1-29.5 16 3.4 1.9- 6.2
Region 7 604 346 55.9 51.2-60.5 61 9.9 7.4-13.1 127 21.6 18.1-25.6 28 6.0 3.9- 9.1 25 3.7 2.4- 5.8 17 2.9 1.6- 5.1
Region 8 713 250 39.7 35.0-44.5 73 9.6 7.2-12.5 284 27.9 24.2-32.0 37 6.2 4.2- 8.9 57 14.5 11.0-19.0 12 2.1 1.0- 4.5
Region 9 & 10 449 197 45.6 39.9-51.4 43 10.9 7.9-14.7 150 28.6 24.1-33.5 17 4.9 2.7- 8.6 26 5.8 3.7- 8.9 16 4.3 2.3- 7.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,657 620 40.5 37.4-43.7 160 10.5 8.7-12.6 565 26.3 23.9-28.9 94 7.2 5.6- 9.2 178 12.7 10.8-14.9 40 2.8 1.9- 4.2
Piedmont 2,142 1,107 53.0 50.4-55.4 223 11.5 9.9-13.4 564 22.9 21.0-25.0 86 5.4 4.2- 6.9 93 4.0 3.1- 5.2 69 3.1 2.3- 4.2
Western NC 539 198 38.1 33.2-43.2 63 12.3 9.4-15.9 215 37.2 32.1-42.6 25 5.7 3.6- 8.8 20 4.0 2.4- 6.6 18 2.8 1.6- 4.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 356 132 36.8 31.1-43.0 39 11.5 8.2-15.8 144 39.8 33.6-46.3 13 4.0 2.2- 7.2 15 4.7 2.6- 8.3 13 3.2 1.6- 6.4
Northwest 640 282 47.3 42.5-52.1 69 11.6 8.8-15.2 221 28.5 24.7-32.5 29 5.6 3.7- 8.5 22 3.6 2.1- 6.3 17 3.4 1.5- 7.2
Charlotte 516 269 54.7 49.7-59.5 50 11.0 8.1-14.8 134 20.7 17.2-24.5 26 6.8 4.5-10.2 18 3.8 2.1- 6.6 19 3.1 1.8- 5.0
Greensboro 455 217 46.5 41.1-51.9 59 15.2 11.3-20.0 132 27.3 22.8-32.4 19 5.8 3.4- 9.7 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8
Southern Regional 712 236 34.1 29.7-38.8 73 12.0 9.0-15.7 225 21.4 18.2-25.0 51 8.7 6.3-11.9 111 21.5 17.6-26.1 16 2.3 1.3- 4.0
Southeast 329 113 42.3 36.1-48.9 28 9.1 6.1-13.3 148 32.4 27.2-38.0 14 5.3 3.0- 9.1 17 6.8 4.1-11.0 *** *** ***
Wake 703 419 59.2 54.9-63.3 70 9.8 7.6-12.6 135 18.9 15.8-22.5 24 4.6 3.0- 7.0 33 4.2 2.8- 6.1 22 3.3 2.0- 5.5
Area L & Eastern 627 257 41.8 36.7-47.0 58 9.9 7.3-13.4 205 28.4 24.5-32.8 29 6.5 4.1-10.1 61 10.7 8.1-13.9 17 2.7 1.5- 5.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 454 168 37.8 32.6-43.2 52 12.3 9.2-16.3 182 38.1 32.5-44.0 19 4.7 2.8- 8.0 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 15 2.6 1.4- 4.9
Region 2 672 320 46.5 42.0-51.0 84 14.6 11.3-18.6 197 27.1 23.4-31.1 31 6.4 4.2- 9.5 20 2.5 1.5- 4.2 20 2.9 1.5- 5.8
Region 3 653 329 53.7 49.3-58.0 61 10.9 8.3-14.2 188 22.3 19.3-25.8 30 6.2 4.2- 9.1 23 4.0 2.4- 6.5 22 2.9 1.8- 4.6
Region 4 900 501 55.4 51.6-59.1 94 10.3 8.3-12.8 204 21.6 18.8-24.8 36 5.5 3.8- 7.9 38 3.8 2.7- 5.5 27 3.3 2.1- 5.1
Region 5 1,060 358 36.7 33.1-40.4 98 10.1 8.0-12.7 379 26.1 23.3-29.2 65 7.5 5.6- 9.9 134 16.7 13.9-20.0 26 2.9 1.8- 4.5
Region 6 599 249 43.4 38.2-48.8 57 10.5 7.7-14.2 194 27.0 23.1-31.4 24 4.8 3.0- 7.7 58 11.1 8.4-14.6 17 3.1 1.7- 5.7

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*Among respondents who have health care coverage.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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