2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,712 778 17.3 16.0-18.6 1,473 31.4 29.8-33.1 1,471 32.2 30.6-34.0 685 13.7 12.5-15.0 305 5.4 4.6- 6.2
Medicaid Region 2 660 114 19.2 15.8-23.2 203 30.1 26.2-34.4 217 33.0 29.0-37.2 86 12.6 10.0-15.8 40 5.0 3.5- 7.1
GENDER
Male 302 54 21.3 16.0-27.7 93 31.1 25.3-37.5 99 31.1 25.5-37.3 36 11.6 8.0-16.5 20 5.0 2.9- 8.3
Female 358 60 17.4 13.3-22.4 110 29.3 24.2-35.0 118 34.7 29.2-40.6 50 13.6 10.1-18.0 20 5.0 3.1- 8.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 481 80 18.0 14.2-22.5 159 32.8 28.1-37.9 150 31.1 26.6-36.0 63 13.2 10.0-17.2 29 4.9 3.3- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 112 19 21.6 13.5-32.7 34 30.2 21.3-40.9 41 32.9 23.9-43.3 11 9.1 4.8-16.5 *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.1 8.8-27.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 216 52 25.4 19.2-32.7 74 32.9 26.2-40.4 70 32.8 26.1-40.2 17 7.6 4.7-12.2 *** *** ***
45-64 231 40 18.4 13.4-24.8 66 29.0 22.9-35.9 71 29.9 23.9-36.8 34 14.2 9.9-19.9 20 8.4 5.2-13.3
65+ 202 19 8.9 5.3-14.6 61 27.4 21.2-34.7 71 36.1 28.6-44.3 35 21.1 14.5-29.6 16 6.5 3.7-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 28 15.2 10.2-22.1 53 22.5 17.0-29.1 87 37.3 30.5-44.6 46 17.4 12.7-23.3 24 7.7 4.8-12.0
Some Post-H.S. 196 32 18.9 13.3-26.3 67 34.1 26.9-42.1 66 31.5 24.8-39.0 21 11.1 7.0-17.2 *** *** ***
College Graduate 223 54 26.3 20.2-33.4 82 36.9 30.0-44.3 62 27.7 21.5-34.8 19 7.5 4.5-12.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 31 13.3 8.9-19.4 78 27.5 21.7-34.2 94 35.9 29.6-42.8 47 16.0 11.8-21.4 24 7.3 4.6-11.4
$50,000+ 248 64 26.8 21.0-33.6 88 35.4 28.9-42.5 75 29.3 23.3-36.2 18 7.2 4.1-12.2 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 18 16.3 9.7-26.1 34 24.9 17.4-34.2 46 34.2 25.2-44.4 21 17.0 10.6-26.2 13 7.6 4.0-13.9

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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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