2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 3,588 2,935 79.9 78.1-81.6 297 9.7 8.4-11.0 356 10.4 9.2-11.8
Medicaid Region 2 528 437 81.2 76.9-84.9 52 10.8 7.9-14.5 39 8.0 5.6-11.2
GENDER
Male 231 196 85.2 79.3-89.7 23 9.2 5.9-14.0 12 5.6 2.9-10.5
Female 297 241 78.0 71.5-83.3 29 12.1 8.0-17.9 27 9.9 6.6-14.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 387 341 85.9 80.9-89.7 35 10.6 7.2-15.2 11 3.6 1.9- 6.7
Non-Hispanic Black 94 74 79.0 68.3-86.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 145 97 67.7 58.4-75.7 23 16.3 10.4-24.7 25 16.0 10.5-23.8
45-64 203 166 83.7 77.6-88.3 23 10.7 6.9-16.2 14 5.7 3.2- 9.7
65+ 171 165 96.7 92.4-98.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 150 79.9 72.8-85.5 16 9.7 5.6-16.2 24 10.4 6.8-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 166 129 76.8 68.5-83.4 27 15.3 10.0-22.5 *** *** ***
College Graduate 170 156 89.9 81.8-94.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 161 69.8 61.9-76.6 30 15.1 10.0-22.2 31 15.1 10.4-21.5
$50,000+ 204 188 91.6 86.2-95.0 14 7.6 4.3-12.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 102 88 85.4 74.9-92.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the 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 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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