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 4,610 829 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,781 85.1 83.8-86.3
Medicaid Region 3 705 105 13.1 10.4-16.3 600 86.9 83.7-89.6
GENDER
Male 325 40 9.9 6.8-14.1 285 90.1 85.9-93.2
Female 380 65 16.0 12.0-21.1 315 84.0 78.9-88.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 465 70 13.3 10.1-17.4 395 86.7 82.6-89.9
Non-Hispanic Black 131 24 15.3 9.5-23.7 107 84.7 76.3-90.5
Other 109 11 8.4 4.2-16.2 98 91.6 83.8-95.8
AGE
18-44 281 11 4.2 2.2- 7.9 270 95.8 92.1-97.8
45-64 231 38 16.3 11.5-22.7 193 83.7 77.3-88.5
65+ 177 54 30.9 22.5-40.8 123 69.1 59.2-77.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 50 18.8 13.7-25.3 187 81.2 74.7-86.3
Some Post-H.S. 216 28 11.1 7.3-16.6 188 88.9 83.4-92.7
College Graduate 248 27 7.3 4.7-11.2 221 92.7 88.8-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 277 57 18.3 13.7-24.1 220 81.7 75.9-86.3
$50,000+ 294 22 6.6 3.9-10.9 272 93.4 89.1-96.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 26 17.4 10.5-27.3 108 82.6 72.7-89.5

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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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