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 4,205 529 12.8 11.6-14.1 3,676 87.2 85.9-88.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 601 89 15.8 12.4-19.8 512 84.2 80.2-87.6
Region 3 336 60 16.8 12.5-22.3 276 83.2 77.7-87.5
Region 4 855 97 11.4 9.1-14.3 758 88.6 85.7-90.9
Region 5 612 81 14.0 10.9-17.8 531 86.0 82.2-89.1
Region 6 295 46 16.7 12.3-22.4 249 83.3 77.6-87.7
Region 7 788 71 8.4 6.5-10.8 717 91.6 89.2-93.5
Region 8 386 43 12.9 9.3-17.7 343 87.1 82.3-90.7
Region 9 & 10 332 42 12.8 8.8-18.1 290 87.2 81.9-91.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,139 142 13.3 11.0-15.9 997 86.7 84.1-89.0
Piedmont 2,335 273 12.0 10.5-13.7 2,062 88.0 86.3-89.5
Western NC 731 114 16.9 13.6-20.8 617 83.1 79.2-86.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 515 71 15.7 12.1-20.2 444 84.3 79.8-87.9
Northwest 594 105 16.4 13.0-20.5 489 83.6 79.5-87.0
Charlotte 690 70 10.4 7.9-13.6 620 89.6 86.4-92.1
Greensboro 465 58 14.0 10.4-18.6 407 86.0 81.4-89.6
Southern Regional 345 51 17.5 13.1-22.9 294 82.5 77.1-86.9
Southeast 217 18 7.8 4.6-13.0 199 92.2 87.0-95.4
Wake 855 88 9.7 7.7-12.1 767 90.3 87.9-92.3
Area L & Eastern 524 68 13.5 10.2-17.6 456 86.5 82.4-89.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 601 89 15.8 12.4-19.8 512 84.2 80.2-87.6
Region 2 597 96 16.0 12.6-20.1 501 84.0 79.9-87.4
Region 3 862 97 11.5 9.1-14.3 765 88.5 85.7-90.9
Region 4 1,109 114 10.1 8.2-12.4 995 89.9 87.6-91.8
Region 5 573 71 13.8 10.8-17.6 502 86.2 82.4-89.2
Region 6 463 62 14.5 10.9-19.0 401 85.5 81.0-89.1

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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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