2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 883 153 16.6 14.1-19.5 324 36.3 32.7-40.0 269 32.4 28.7-36.4 106 11.5 9.3-14.2 31 3.1 2.1- 4.7
GENDER
Male 421 79 18.6 14.8-23.2 161 39.4 34.2-44.8 114 27.6 22.9-32.9 52 11.2 8.2-15.0 15 3.2 1.7- 5.8
Female 462 74 14.8 11.6-18.7 163 33.5 28.7-38.7 155 36.8 31.4-42.5 54 11.8 8.7-15.9 16 3.1 1.7- 5.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 537 107 19.0 15.6-22.9 219 40.4 35.7-45.2 140 29.0 24.4-34.0 53 8.9 6.5-12.0 18 2.8 1.6- 4.7
Non-Hispanic Black 201 28 13.1 8.6-19.3 62 28.1 21.6-35.6 75 38.8 30.6-47.6 27 15.9 10.5-23.2 *** *** ***
Other 145 18 12.3 7.5-19.5 43 32.6 24.1-42.4 54 36.7 28.2-46.1 26 15.5 10.0-23.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 361 66 17.9 14.0-22.6 152 41.1 35.5-47.0 115 33.2 27.6-39.3 25 7.0 4.7-10.5 *** *** ***
45-64 292 46 15.6 11.6-20.8 101 34.3 28.5-40.5 82 29.5 23.6-36.0 48 15.4 11.4-20.6 15 5.2 3.0- 8.9
65+ 213 37 14.7 10.4-20.3 67 28.0 21.5-35.5 64 34.6 26.3-44.0 32 16.9 10.7-25.7 13 5.8 2.9-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 34 12.0 8.3-17.1 72 28.7 22.9-35.3 98 36.5 30.0-43.6 56 17.7 13.2-23.4 16 5.0 2.9- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 189 33 16.4 11.5-23.0 54 28.5 21.8-36.3 71 40.7 32.2-49.7 23 11.2 7.1-17.3 *** *** ***
College Graduate 417 86 21.1 17.1-25.8 197 48.4 43.1-53.8 100 23.3 19.0-28.2 27 5.9 3.8- 9.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 309 34 10.3 7.1-14.8 90 28.4 22.9-34.6 106 35.2 29.0-41.9 60 19.8 15.0-25.5 19 6.3 3.7-10.5
$50,000+ 393 83 21.1 16.9-26.0 183 45.9 40.3-51.5 104 27.5 22.3-33.3 20 4.9 3.0- 7.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 172 34 16.6 11.4-23.4 45 25.6 18.6-34.1 58 40.4 31.6-49.8 26 13.7 8.5-21.4 *** *** ***

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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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