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 4,610 829 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,781 85.1 83.8-86.3
Medicaid Region 5 799 177 20.6 17.3-24.4 622 79.4 75.6-82.7
GENDER
Male 373 72 20.2 15.3-26.2 301 79.8 73.8-84.7
Female 426 105 20.9 16.7-26.0 321 79.1 74.0-83.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 498 101 18.7 14.9-23.1 397 81.3 76.9-85.1
Non-Hispanic Black 155 44 26.0 18.1-35.9 111 74.0 64.1-81.9
Other 146 32 20.0 12.3-30.8 114 80.0 69.2-87.7
AGE
18-44 283 21 6.1 3.8- 9.6 262 93.9 90.4-96.2
45-64 255 63 28.2 21.1-36.6 192 71.8 63.4-78.9
65+ 244 90 39.9 32.4-47.9 154 60.1 52.1-67.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 302 86 27.5 21.3-34.6 216 72.5 65.4-78.7
Some Post-H.S. 242 57 19.3 14.3-25.6 185 80.7 74.4-85.7
College Graduate 254 34 10.4 7.3-14.7 220 89.6 85.3-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 406 115 26.3 21.4-31.9 291 73.7 68.1-78.6
$50,000+ 253 28 9.5 6.2-14.2 225 90.5 85.8-93.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 *** *** *** 106 74.8 63.0-83.8

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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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