2024 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 4,231 370 8.2 7.2- 9.2 3,861 91.8 90.8-92.8
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 603 82 12.1 9.3-15.5 521 87.9 84.5-90.7
Region 3 337 28 8.4 5.3-13.1 309 91.6 86.9-94.7
Region 4 861 53 5.0 3.6- 6.9 808 95.0 93.1-96.4
Region 5 618 54 9.3 6.8-12.7 564 90.7 87.3-93.2
Region 6 298 31 10.4 7.0-15.2 267 89.6 84.8-93.0
Region 7 791 45 5.7 4.1- 8.0 746 94.3 92.0-95.9
Region 8 387 35 9.0 6.1-13.0 352 91.0 87.0-93.9
Region 9 & 10 336 42 11.3 8.0-15.7 294 88.7 84.3-92.0
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,146 113 9.1 7.4-11.2 1,033 90.9 88.8-92.6
Piedmont 2,351 157 6.5 5.4- 7.9 2,194 93.5 92.1-94.6
Western NC 734 100 13.1 10.2-16.6 634 86.9 83.4-89.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 518 66 11.8 8.9-15.5 452 88.2 84.5-91.1
Northwest 596 60 8.4 6.1-11.4 536 91.6 88.6-93.9
Charlotte 696 39 4.9 3.3- 7.3 657 95.1 92.7-96.7
Greensboro 468 41 9.7 6.6-13.9 427 90.3 86.1-93.4
Southern Regional 346 36 10.2 7.0-14.5 310 89.8 85.5-93.0
Southeast 217 16 7.6 4.1-13.7 201 92.4 86.3-95.9
Wake 861 54 6.5 4.8- 8.9 807 93.5 91.1-95.2
Area L & Eastern 529 58 10.1 7.5-13.4 471 89.9 86.6-92.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 603 82 12.1 9.3-15.5 521 87.9 84.5-90.7
Region 2 599 52 8.4 6.1-11.6 547 91.6 88.4-93.9
Region 3 870 55 5.4 3.9- 7.4 815 94.6 92.6-96.1
Region 4 1,117 73 7.1 5.3- 9.4 1,044 92.9 90.6-94.7
Region 5 574 53 8.9 6.6-12.1 521 91.1 87.9-93.4
Region 6 468 55 10.8 8.0-14.4 413 89.2 85.6-92.0

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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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