2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you had any melanoma or any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,312 390 7.5 6.6- 8.4 3,922 92.5 91.6-93.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 611 77 9.8 7.5-12.8 534 90.2 87.2-92.5
Region 3 343 29 6.4 4.0-10.0 314 93.6 90.0-96.0
Region 4 877 72 7.2 5.6- 9.3 805 92.8 90.7-94.4
Region 5 634 50 6.8 5.0- 9.2 584 93.2 90.8-95.0
Region 6 304 23 7.3 4.5-11.8 281 92.7 88.2-95.5
Region 7 806 55 6.2 4.6- 8.4 751 93.8 91.6-95.4
Region 8 389 42 8.6 6.1-12.0 347 91.4 88.0-93.9
Region 9 & 10 348 42 8.9 6.3-12.5 306 91.1 87.5-93.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,162 108 7.1 5.7- 8.8 1,054 92.9 91.2-94.3
Piedmont 2,404 189 7.1 6.1- 8.4 2,215 92.9 91.6-93.9
Western NC 746 93 9.1 7.1-11.6 653 90.9 88.4-92.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 525 62 9.0 6.7-12.0 463 91.0 88.0-93.3
Northwest 604 66 8.4 6.2-11.2 538 91.6 88.8-93.8
Charlotte 711 51 6.5 4.8- 8.8 660 93.5 91.2-95.2
Greensboro 483 43 7.5 5.5-10.3 440 92.5 89.7-94.5
Southern Regional 352 29 6.9 4.4-10.6 323 93.1 89.4-95.6
Southeast 216 26 10.5 6.8-15.9 190 89.5 84.1-93.2
Wake 877 62 6.4 4.8- 8.5 815 93.6 91.5-95.2
Area L & Eastern 544 51 6.7 4.9- 9.2 493 93.3 90.8-95.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 611 77 9.8 7.5-12.8 534 90.2 87.2-92.5
Region 2 614 45 5.7 3.9- 8.1 569 94.3 91.9-96.1
Region 3 886 73 7.2 5.6- 9.3 813 92.8 90.7-94.4
Region 4 1,140 87 6.8 5.4- 8.5 1,053 93.2 91.5-94.6
Region 5 579 56 8.5 6.2-11.4 523 91.5 88.6-93.8
Region 6 482 52 7.8 5.7-10.6 430 92.2 89.4-94.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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