2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 724 96 12.9 10.3-16.2 628 87.1 83.8-89.7
GENDER
Male 334 36 11.5 7.8-16.7 298 88.5 83.3-92.2
Female 390 60 14.3 10.8-18.7 330 85.7 81.3-89.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 474 56 12.6 9.3-16.9 418 87.4 83.1-90.7
Non-Hispanic Black 136 21 14.4 9.0-22.2 115 85.6 77.8-91.0
Other 114 19 12.4 7.6-19.6 95 87.6 80.4-92.4
AGE
18-44 288 38 12.6 8.8-17.6 250 87.4 82.4-91.2
45-64 238 32 12.7 8.6-18.2 206 87.3 81.8-91.4
65+ 182 24 15.4 9.2-24.7 158 84.6 75.3-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 36 15.4 10.7-21.7 213 84.6 78.3-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 220 27 11.5 7.7-17.1 193 88.5 82.9-92.3
College Graduate 250 33 11.2 7.7-16.0 217 88.8 84.0-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 41 14.1 10.1-19.4 240 85.9 80.6-89.9
$50,000+ 296 38 12.3 8.6-17.4 258 87.7 82.6-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 16 12.1 6.4-21.7 122 87.9 78.3-93.6

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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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