2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,588 2,935 79.9 78.1-81.6 297 9.7 8.4-11.0 356 10.4 9.2-11.8
Medicaid Region 5 647 507 75.7 71.1-79.7 56 10.7 7.9-14.3 84 13.7 10.5-17.5
GENDER
Male 285 206 70.1 62.8-76.5 24 10.6 6.8-16.3 55 19.2 13.9-26.0
Female 362 301 80.4 74.5-85.2 32 10.7 7.1-15.9 29 8.9 5.8-13.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 331 83.8 78.8-87.8 21 6.5 3.9-10.7 36 9.6 6.7-13.6
Non-Hispanic Black 135 *** *** *** 16 16.7 9.8-26.9 13 10.8 4.7-22.8
Other 124 *** *** *** 19 17.6 10.4-28.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 201 127 63.7 55.7-71.0 32 17.1 11.7-24.4 42 19.2 13.9-25.9
45-64 233 177 75.8 67.2-82.6 18 8.6 4.8-14.8 38 15.7 9.9-23.8
65+ 205 196 95.7 91.1-97.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 251 167 62.8 54.8-70.2 24 12.7 8.0-19.5 60 24.5 18.2-32.1
Some Post-H.S. 202 166 81.5 74.0-87.2 21 11.8 7.3-18.5 15 6.7 3.7-12.1
College Graduate 193 174 91.0 85.2-94.7 11 5.4 2.6-10.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 342 238 66.1 59.7-72.0 41 14.5 10.2-20.2 63 19.4 14.9-24.9
$50,000+ 197 181 89.7 82.6-94.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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