2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,785 3,144 80.3 78.4-82.0 294 8.7 7.5-10.1 347 11.0 9.7-12.5
Region 8 585 480 78.4 73.5-82.6 45 9.0 6.2-13.0 60 12.6 9.3-16.7
GENDER
Male 247 196 75.8 68.1-82.1 18 9.2 5.3-15.5 33 15.0 10.1-21.8
Female 338 284 80.7 73.9-86.1 27 8.9 5.2-14.7 27 10.4 6.7-16.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 280 83.7 77.6-88.4 19 6.8 4.0-11.4 21 9.5 5.9-15.1
Non-Hispanic Black 122 103 78.3 66.3-86.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 28.2 19.0-39.6
AGE
18-44 151 104 70.1 60.5-78.2 20 13.8 8.0-22.7 27 16.1 10.5-24.1
45-64 225 173 74.3 66.2-81.0 23 9.8 5.8-16.1 29 15.9 10.3-23.6
65+ 206 200 96.4 90.1-98.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 171 65.5 56.9-73.3 27 13.5 8.1-21.6 45 21.0 14.8-28.8
Some College + 341 308 88.4 83.6-92.0 18 5.5 3.2- 9.3 15 6.0 3.5-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 297 223 69.5 61.7-76.4 32 13.4 8.4-20.6 42 17.1 11.9-23.9
$50,000+ 175 165 93.9 88.3-96.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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.

^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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