2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Cardiovascular Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,617 1,101 26.5 24.7-28.2 2,516 73.5 71.8-75.3
Medicaid Region 5 650 203 29.0 24.9-33.4 447 71.0 66.6-75.1
GENDER
Male 289 103 34.1 27.7-41.2 186 65.9 58.8-72.3
Female 361 100 24.6 19.7-30.1 261 75.4 69.9-80.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 126 29.7 24.5-35.4 266 70.3 64.6-75.5
Non-Hispanic Black 135 53 33.2 24.5-43.2 82 66.8 56.8-75.5
Other 123 *** *** *** 99 81.1 69.0-89.2
AGE
18-44 204 18 7.7 4.6-12.7 186 92.3 87.3-95.4
45-64 234 73 36.5 28.7-45.1 161 63.5 54.9-71.3
65+ 204 110 56.5 48.1-64.5 94 43.5 35.5-51.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 251 93 34.5 27.5-42.2 158 65.5 57.8-72.5
Some Post-H.S. 204 56 25.0 18.5-32.9 148 75.0 67.1-81.5
College Graduate 194 54 25.4 19.4-32.5 140 74.6 67.5-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 345 114 32.7 27.0-39.0 231 67.3 61.0-73.0
$50,000+ 197 50 23.8 17.3-31.9 147 76.2 68.1-82.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** 69 72.2 61.0-81.1

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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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