2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,721 660 14.5 13.2-15.9 4,061 85.5 84.1-86.8
Medicaid Region 1 771 118 16.5 13.2-20.4 653 83.5 79.6-86.8
GENDER
Male 356 39 13.3 9.1-19.2 317 86.7 80.8-90.9
Female 415 79 19.4 14.8-25.1 336 80.6 74.9-85.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 665 103 16.8 13.3-21.1 562 83.2 78.9-86.7
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** 67 90.7 80.6-95.8
AGE
18-44 199 38 19.0 13.3-26.5 161 81.0 73.5-86.7
45-64 263 42 17.9 12.1-25.7 221 82.1 74.3-87.9
65+ 290 34 10.9 7.2-16.3 256 89.1 83.7-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 48 16.8 11.6-23.6 227 83.2 76.4-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 232 40 19.6 13.8-27.3 192 80.4 72.7-86.2
College Graduate 264 30 11.7 7.1-18.4 234 88.3 81.6-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 71 21.1 15.7-27.7 269 78.9 72.3-84.3
$50,000+ 259 25 10.2 6.2-16.3 234 89.8 83.7-93.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 163 21 17.6 10.7-27.8 142 82.4 72.2-89.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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