2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 863 114 11.5 9.3-14.1 749 88.5 85.9-90.7
GENDER
Male 407 36 8.0 5.4-11.6 371 92.0 88.4-94.6
Female 456 78 14.6 11.3-18.7 378 85.4 81.3-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 528 62 10.2 7.7-13.4 466 89.8 86.6-92.3
Non-Hispanic Black 197 41 17.6 12.3-24.5 156 82.4 75.5-87.7
Other 138 11 6.7 3.4-12.8 127 93.3 87.2-96.6
AGE
18-44 348 *** *** *** 339 97.9 95.7-99.0
45-64 287 49 18.4 13.7-24.2 238 81.6 75.8-86.3
65+ 212 53 22.6 16.4-30.4 159 77.4 69.6-83.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 56 17.4 13.1-22.9 210 82.6 77.1-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 185 30 13.4 8.8-19.8 155 86.6 80.2-91.2
College Graduate 411 28 4.9 3.1- 7.8 383 95.1 92.2-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 304 60 18.9 14.2-24.8 244 81.1 75.2-85.8
$50,000+ 388 24 5.7 3.6- 9.0 364 94.3 91.0-96.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 30 12.4 8.2-18.4 141 87.6 81.6-91.8

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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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