2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 720 129 17.7 14.8-21.1 227 31.4 27.6-35.4 246 34.6 30.6-38.8 83 11.7 9.2-14.8 35 4.7 3.1- 7.0
GENDER
Male 333 64 19.0 14.6-24.3 106 32.6 27.2-38.6 112 33.5 27.8-39.7 38 11.2 7.9-15.5 13 3.7 1.8- 7.6
Female 387 65 16.5 12.8-21.1 121 30.2 25.2-35.7 134 35.5 30.2-41.3 45 12.2 8.6-16.9 22 5.5 3.4- 8.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 472 91 19.7 15.9-24.2 165 33.1 28.4-38.1 146 31.2 26.4-36.4 46 10.6 7.6-14.6 24 5.4 3.3- 8.9
Non-Hispanic Black 135 19 14.3 9.0-21.9 38 31.2 23.1-40.8 56 40.6 31.7-50.2 17 11.5 6.9-18.5 *** *** ***
Other 113 19 13.5 8.2-21.5 24 23.0 15.3-33.2 *** *** *** 20 17.5 11.2-26.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 287 66 22.0 17.3-27.7 104 35.6 29.8-42.0 84 30.4 24.8-36.7 26 10.0 6.7-14.6 *** *** ***
45-64 235 34 13.2 9.2-18.6 72 29.9 23.9-36.7 85 37.9 31.2-45.2 31 12.4 8.4-17.9 13 6.6 3.4-12.3
65+ 182 23 13.2 8.1-20.8 48 24.6 17.3-33.7 72 38.1 29.2-47.8 25 15.9 9.8-24.9 14 8.2 4.2-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 247 33 14.9 10.4-20.8 45 18.6 13.5-25.0 98 39.8 33.0-47.1 47 18.4 13.5-24.6 24 8.3 5.2-13.0
Some Post-H.S. 218 34 15.4 10.8-21.5 81 36.8 30.0-44.2 74 34.8 28.0-42.3 22 9.6 6.1-14.9 *** *** ***
College Graduate 250 60 25.0 19.5-31.5 99 43.9 37.2-50.9 73 26.1 20.7-32.5 14 4.1 2.3- 7.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 277 43 16.0 11.6-21.7 72 26.0 20.4-32.5 95 34.5 28.4-41.1 44 16.2 11.7-21.8 23 7.3 4.7-11.3
$50,000+ 296 61 18.5 14.2-23.8 127 43.0 36.7-49.4 87 30.7 25.0-37.2 17 5.4 3.1- 9.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 23 18.6 12.0-27.8 27 16.7 10.9-24.8 60 43.9 34.0-54.4 21 16.6 10.1-26.1 *** *** ***

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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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