2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure/refused
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,345 106 3.5 2.8- 4.3 2,437 75.2 73.5-76.9 391 10.0 8.9-11.2 411 11.3 10.1-12.6
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 515 14 2.4 1.4- 4.4 358 72.8 67.9-77.3 70 11.5 8.7-15.0 73 13.2 9.8-17.6
Region 3 286 *** *** *** 222 79.8 73.7-84.7 33 10.0 6.5-15.2 26 9.0 5.9-13.5
Region 4 644 26 4.0 2.6- 6.2 465 74.6 70.7-78.2 66 9.2 7.1-11.9 87 12.1 9.6-15.1
Region 5 487 22 5.1 3.1- 8.3 330 69.9 65.0-74.4 75 14.5 11.3-18.5 60 10.5 8.0-13.7
Region 6 214 *** *** *** 171 83.0 77.1-87.7 22 8.0 5.1-12.5 18 6.8 4.1-10.9
Region 7 626 20 3.6 2.2- 6.0 459 73.4 68.9-77.3 67 9.9 7.5-13.0 80 13.1 10.1-16.8
Region 8 298 11 5.4 2.9- 9.7 218 75.4 69.4-80.5 31 8.5 5.7-12.4 38 10.8 7.5-15.3
Region 9 & 10 275 *** *** *** 214 82.9 77.3-87.3 27 6.1 3.9- 9.4 29 9.5 6.1-14.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 916 24 3.5 2.3- 5.4 693 77.9 74.6-80.9 91 7.8 6.1-10.0 108 10.8 8.7-13.3
Piedmont 1,793 67 3.9 2.9- 5.1 1,288 73.9 71.6-76.2 213 10.8 9.3-12.5 225 11.4 9.8-13.1
Western NC 636 15 2.3 1.3- 4.0 456 74.6 70.1-78.7 87 11.6 8.9-14.9 78 11.5 8.6-15.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 440 13 2.7 1.4- 4.8 302 72.8 67.7-77.3 61 11.4 8.5-15.0 64 13.2 9.8-17.5
Northwest 503 11 2.1 1.0- 4.5 388 78.7 73.9-82.8 52 8.9 6.4-12.4 52 10.3 7.4-14.1
Charlotte 509 21 3.9 2.4- 6.2 361 72.9 68.4-76.9 57 10.7 8.1-14.1 70 12.5 9.7-16.0
Greensboro 374 19 6.7 3.9-11.3 259 71.0 65.2-76.1 52 13.0 9.5-17.6 44 9.3 6.7-12.7
Southern Regional 265 *** *** *** 209 81.5 75.8-86.0 26 7.8 5.1-11.7 25 8.4 5.4-12.8
Southeast 168 *** *** *** 120 74.0 65.7-80.9 22 10.7 6.5-16.9 20 9.2 5.5-14.9
Wake 661 18 2.9 1.7- 5.0 478 72.4 68.2-76.2 79 11.0 8.6-13.8 86 13.7 10.8-17.3
Area L & Eastern 425 13 3.6 1.9- 6.5 320 79.4 74.5-83.6 42 7.5 5.0-11.0 50 9.5 6.8-13.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 515 14 2.4 1.4- 4.4 358 72.8 67.9-77.3 70 11.5 8.7-15.0 73 13.2 9.8-17.6
Region 2 495 18 4.1 2.4- 6.9 369 76.4 71.8-80.5 56 10.1 7.3-13.7 52 9.4 6.9-12.5
Region 3 651 26 3.9 2.5- 6.0 471 74.7 70.8-78.2 67 9.4 7.3-12.1 87 12.0 9.6-15.0
Region 4 876 27 3.5 2.2- 5.7 621 71.2 67.5-74.7 116 12.6 10.2-15.4 112 12.7 10.3-15.6
Region 5 437 11 3.6 2.0- 6.6 330 78.2 73.5-82.2 48 8.7 6.4-11.9 48 9.4 6.9-12.8
Region 6 371 *** *** *** 288 82.4 77.7-86.3 34 5.9 4.0- 8.6 39 8.7 5.9-12.5

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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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