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 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 601 111 15.6 12.4-19.4 490 84.4 80.6-87.6
Region 3 338 51 13.0 9.4-17.7 287 87.0 82.3-90.6
Region 4 856 133 15.8 13.0-19.0 723 84.2 81.0-87.0
Region 5 620 72 10.9 8.3-14.1 548 89.1 85.9-91.7
Region 6 298 44 13.3 9.6-18.3 254 86.7 81.7-90.4
Region 7 789 100 10.9 8.7-13.5 689 89.1 86.5-91.3
Region 8 386 70 17.4 13.5-22.1 316 82.6 77.9-86.5
Region 9 & 10 336 61 15.9 11.8-21.0 275 84.1 79.0-88.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,145 200 15.6 13.4-18.1 945 84.4 81.9-86.6
Piedmont 2,346 307 12.6 11.1-14.4 2,039 87.4 85.6-88.9
Western NC 733 135 15.2 12.4-18.5 598 84.8 81.5-87.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 515 89 14.4 11.3-18.1 426 85.6 81.9-88.7
Northwest 595 109 17.0 13.5-21.2 486 83.0 78.8-86.5
Charlotte 693 98 13.2 10.5-16.4 595 86.8 83.6-89.5
Greensboro 470 60 12.3 9.0-16.5 410 87.7 83.5-91.0
Southern Regional 347 61 16.2 12.3-21.1 286 83.8 78.9-87.7
Southeast 217 36 16.3 11.2-23.3 181 83.7 76.7-88.8
Wake 859 98 10.1 8.1-12.6 761 89.9 87.4-91.9
Area L & Eastern 528 91 14.8 11.7-18.6 437 85.2 81.4-88.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 601 111 15.6 12.4-19.4 490 84.4 80.6-87.6
Region 2 601 89 12.5 9.8-15.8 512 87.5 84.2-90.2
Region 3 864 134 15.6 12.8-18.8 730 84.4 81.2-87.2
Region 4 1,116 128 10.4 8.5-12.8 988 89.6 87.2-91.5
Region 5 575 95 15.6 12.5-19.3 480 84.4 80.7-87.5
Region 6 467 85 16.2 12.7-20.5 382 83.8 79.5-87.3

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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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