2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,216 2,609 81.6 79.9-83.2 607 18.4 16.8-20.1
Medicaid Region 5 553 436 79.4 74.9-83.3 117 20.6 16.7-25.1
GENDER
Male 256 185 74.9 67.9-80.9 71 25.1 19.1-32.1
Female 297 251 83.6 77.6-88.2 46 16.4 11.8-22.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 317 270 84.5 79.3-88.6 47 15.5 11.4-20.7
Non-Hispanic Black 115 94 81.5 69.5-89.6 21 18.5 10.4-30.5
Other 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 292 226 78.5 72.8-83.3 66 21.5 16.7-27.2
45-64 261 210 80.7 73.0-86.6 51 19.3 13.4-27.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 135 65.8 57.6-73.2 77 34.2 26.8-42.4
Some Post-H.S. 164 138 86.0 78.7-91.0 26 14.0 9.0-21.3
College Graduate 177 163 93.9 89.5-96.6 14 6.1 3.4-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 276 195 72.2 65.6-77.9 81 27.8 22.1-34.4
$50,000+ 184 173 94.4 89.1-97.2 11 5.6 2.8-10.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.

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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