2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always/Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,399 114 3.8 3.0- 4.7 280 7.9 6.9- 9.1 252 7.4 6.4- 8.5 2,753 81.0 79.3-82.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 520 14 3.4 1.9- 6.1 40 6.0 4.1- 8.7 34 7.5 4.9-11.5 432 83.1 78.5-86.8
Region 3 287 *** *** *** 24 8.7 5.3-13.9 25 8.6 5.5-13.4 232 80.4 74.1-85.5
Region 4 662 24 4.6 2.7- 7.7 59 8.5 6.3-11.5 44 6.8 4.8- 9.6 535 80.1 75.9-83.6
Region 5 499 19 4.3 2.5- 7.3 46 9.3 6.5-13.1 38 7.9 5.5-11.3 396 78.5 73.7-82.6
Region 6 218 *** *** *** 19 8.9 5.5-14.2 19 7.2 4.5-11.5 172 80.3 73.9-85.5
Region 7 638 18 3.4 1.9- 6.2 51 6.6 4.7- 9.3 41 5.4 3.8- 7.7 528 84.5 80.8-87.6
Region 8 299 13 4.2 2.3- 7.6 23 6.2 4.0- 9.6 23 9.2 5.8-14.1 240 80.4 74.7-85.1
Region 9 & 10 276 12 3.9 2.2- 7.1 18 6.7 4.1-10.9 28 10.2 6.4-15.7 218 79.2 72.9-84.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 923 35 4.1 2.7- 6.0 78 8.1 6.3-10.3 81 8.9 6.9-11.4 729 79.0 75.7-82.0
Piedmont 1,836 65 3.9 2.9- 5.3 152 7.8 6.4- 9.5 129 6.8 5.5- 8.3 1,490 81.5 79.2-83.6
Western NC 640 14 2.8 1.5- 5.1 50 7.5 5.2-10.8 42 8.2 5.6-11.9 534 81.5 77.0-85.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 442 11 3.4 1.7- 6.4 31 6.2 4.0- 9.3 28 6.7 4.3-10.1 372 83.8 79.2-87.5
Northwest 509 14 2.6 1.5- 4.7 47 8.3 5.8-11.7 41 9.0 6.0-13.2 407 80.1 75.2-84.2
Charlotte 525 19 4.8 2.7- 8.2 45 8.2 5.8-11.5 34 6.4 4.4- 9.3 427 80.6 76.1-84.4
Greensboro 381 15 4.6 2.5- 8.4 37 11.1 7.3-16.5 32 9.5 6.4-13.9 297 74.8 68.7-80.1
Southern Regional 268 13 4.2 2.3- 7.3 28 9.4 6.2-14.0 25 8.3 5.2-13.0 202 78.1 72.1-83.2
Southeast 170 *** *** *** 11 6.8 3.6-12.6 15 11.0 6.3-18.3 138 78.9 70.7-85.3
Wake 677 20 2.9 1.8- 4.7 47 6.2 4.4- 8.7 40 5.1 3.5- 7.2 570 85.8 82.6-88.6
Area L & Eastern 427 16 4.7 2.6- 8.4 34 7.3 5.0-10.7 37 8.6 5.8-12.6 340 79.3 74.2-83.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 520 14 3.4 1.9- 6.1 40 6.0 4.1- 8.7 34 7.5 4.9-11.5 432 83.1 78.5-86.8
Region 2 500 15 3.4 1.9- 6.1 46 9.6 6.7-13.4 46 9.5 6.9-13.1 393 77.5 72.6-81.7
Region 3 669 24 4.5 2.7- 7.3 59 8.4 6.2-11.2 44 6.8 4.8- 9.6 542 80.3 76.3-83.8
Region 4 896 27 3.6 2.2- 5.7 70 7.6 5.7-10.2 57 5.9 4.3- 8.1 742 82.9 79.6-85.8
Region 5 442 18 3.7 2.2- 6.1 40 8.4 5.9-11.7 38 8.5 5.9-12.0 346 79.5 74.9-83.4
Region 6 372 16 4.5 2.7- 7.5 25 6.1 3.9- 9.4 33 9.4 6.3-13.9 298 79.9 74.7-84.3

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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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