2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,626 288 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,338 94.6 93.7-95.3
Medicaid Region 3 707 33 4.6 3.1- 6.9 674 95.4 93.1-96.9
GENDER
Male 324 14 4.7 2.5- 8.8 310 95.3 91.2-97.5
Female 383 19 4.5 2.7- 7.5 364 95.5 92.5-97.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 466 23 5.4 3.3- 8.7 443 94.6 91.3-96.7
Non-Hispanic Black 131 *** *** *** 126 96.6 91.5-98.6
Other 110 *** *** *** 105 97.2 92.8-98.9
AGE
18-44 281 *** *** *** 275 97.5 94.4-98.9
45-64 232 15 6.9 3.7-12.4 217 93.1 87.6-96.3
65+ 178 11 6.3 3.1-12.2 167 93.7 87.8-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 15 5.5 3.2- 9.6 224 94.5 90.4-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 216 *** *** *** 209 95.6 90.1-98.1
College Graduate 248 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0 237 96.3 93.0-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 278 21 6.9 4.2-10.9 257 93.1 89.1-95.8
$50,000+ 295 *** *** *** 288 97.2 92.9-98.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 *** *** *** 129 95.8 89.0-98.4

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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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