2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 799 51 5.4 3.9- 7.5 748 94.6 92.5-96.1
GENDER
Male 370 24 5.4 3.4- 8.4 346 94.6 91.6-96.6
Female 429 27 5.4 3.3- 8.8 402 94.6 91.2-96.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 496 34 6.4 4.2- 9.5 462 93.6 90.5-95.8
Non-Hispanic Black 156 *** *** *** 149 96.4 91.7-98.5
Other 147 *** *** *** 137 95.7 91.7-97.8
AGE
18-44 285 *** *** *** 277 97.7 94.9-99.0
45-64 256 20 6.2 3.9- 9.8 236 93.8 90.2-96.1
65+ 242 23 11.0 6.4-18.3 219 89.0 81.7-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 301 26 7.1 4.6-10.8 275 92.9 89.2-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 244 16 5.1 2.6- 9.6 228 94.9 90.4-97.4
College Graduate 254 *** *** *** 245 96.9 93.4-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 407 39 7.7 5.4-10.8 368 92.3 89.2-94.6
$50,000+ 253 *** *** *** 248 97.7 94.3-99.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 *** *** *** 132 94.9 85.9-98.3

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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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