2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,712 778 17.3 16.0-18.6 1,473 31.4 29.8-33.1 1,471 32.2 30.6-34.0 685 13.7 12.5-15.0 305 5.4 4.6- 6.2
Medicaid Region 5 818 136 16.6 13.7-20.0 221 27.5 24.0-31.4 248 30.3 26.6-34.2 153 18.3 15.3-21.7 60 7.3 5.1-10.3
GENDER
Male 382 70 19.8 15.3-25.3 98 25.6 20.7-31.2 110 28.7 23.5-34.5 70 17.4 13.3-22.4 34 8.4 5.1-13.6
Female 436 66 13.7 10.3-18.0 123 29.3 24.3-34.8 138 31.7 26.8-37.2 83 19.1 15.0-24.0 26 6.2 3.6-10.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 505 96 18.0 14.4-22.1 155 31.1 26.4-36.1 137 27.4 23.0-32.3 79 16.8 13.1-21.2 38 6.8 4.6- 9.8
Non-Hispanic Black 162 24 17.8 11.2-27.2 32 20.8 14.2-29.3 58 35.2 26.9-44.6 38 18.2 12.6-25.6 *** *** ***
Other 151 16 9.0 4.9-16.0 34 23.3 15.9-32.9 53 34.5 25.8-44.4 36 24.9 17.3-34.6 12 8.2 3.2-19.4
AGE
18-44 293 66 22.7 17.5-28.9 88 30.9 25.1-37.4 94 31.0 25.4-37.3 38 12.9 9.1-17.9 *** *** ***
45-64 260 38 12.7 8.8-18.1 72 27.2 21.1-34.4 76 29.1 22.6-36.6 48 17.4 12.8-23.3 26 13.5 7.9-22.3
65+ 246 29 9.6 6.4-14.2 55 20.6 15.5-26.8 70 28.9 22.7-36.0 65 31.6 24.4-39.8 27 9.2 6.0-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 311 34 11.2 7.6-16.2 61 22.9 17.6-29.4 93 27.8 22.4-33.9 89 26.8 21.3-33.0 34 11.3 6.9-18.0
Some Post-H.S. 250 39 17.4 12.1-24.3 68 27.9 21.8-34.9 85 33.5 26.8-40.9 38 15.6 10.9-21.6 20 5.7 3.4- 9.5
College Graduate 256 63 25.5 20.0-31.9 92 35.3 29.1-42.2 69 29.6 23.4-36.7 26 7.2 4.7-10.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 410 47 9.0 6.4-12.6 88 24.6 19.8-30.1 126 30.7 25.7-36.2 107 25.7 21.0-31.1 42 10.1 6.8-14.6
$50,000+ 255 65 25.7 19.9-32.4 102 36.3 29.7-43.4 62 27.7 21.2-35.2 17 6.9 3.9-11.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 22 20.3 12.5-31.1 28 19.6 12.2-29.9 55 32.7 24.3-42.5 29 20.3 13.2-29.8 *** *** ***

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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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