2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,894 4,283 84.9 83.4-86.3 611 15.1 13.7-16.6
-Non-Hispanic Black 947 812 83.3 79.6-86.4 135 16.7 13.6-20.4
GENDER
Male 367 303 80.4 74.1-85.5 64 19.6 14.5-25.9
Female 580 509 85.7 81.3-89.2 71 14.3 10.8-18.7
AGE
18-34 198 151 71.8 62.6-79.5 47 28.2 20.5-37.4
35-44 136 113 84.2 75.7-90.1 23 15.8 9.9-24.3
45-54 160 130 83.7 75.7-89.4 30 16.3 10.6-24.3
55-64 204 172 85.9 78.9-90.9 32 14.1 9.1-21.1
65-74 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 102 80.5 68.6-88.7 19 19.5 11.3-31.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 302 231 72.3 64.7-78.8 71 27.7 21.2-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 255 228 89.5 83.4-93.6 27 10.5 6.4-16.6
College Graduate 267 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 107 76.5 65.9-84.5 31 23.5 15.5-34.1
$15,000- 24,999 204 167 82.6 75.1-88.2 37 17.4 11.8-24.9
$25,000- 34,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 320 275 85.4 79.7-89.7 45 14.6 10.3-20.3
No 591 508 82.3 77.3-86.3 83 17.7 13.7-22.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 123 110 90.2 82.9-94.5 13 9.8 5.5-17.1
Non-Veteran 824 702 82.5 78.4-85.9 122 17.5 14.1-21.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 307 265 83.3 77.1-88.1 42 16.7 11.9-22.9
Regional City or Suburban County 181 157 87.5 79.9-92.5 24 12.5 7.5-20.1
Rural 459 390 81.0 74.8-86.0 69 19.0 14.0-25.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 485 404 80.9 75.4-85.4 81 19.1 14.6-24.6
Unemployed 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 228 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 113 84 76.7 65.7-85.0 29 23.3 15.0-34.3
101% to 150% 186 153 77.4 67.3-85.0 33 22.6 15.0-32.7
151% to 200% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 331 312 93.7 88.9-96.5 19 6.3 3.5-11.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 264 222 83.8 77.2-88.8 42 16.2 11.2-22.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 353 301 81.6 75.5-86.4 52 18.4 13.6-24.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 330 289 84.6 78.3-89.3 41 15.4 10.7-21.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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