2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 6 676 562 82.1 78.1-85.6 47 7.5 5.2-10.6 67 10.4 7.8-13.7
GENDER
Male 296 235 78.5 71.9-83.9 26 10.0 6.3-15.6 35 11.5 7.8-16.7
Female 380 327 85.2 79.8-89.4 21 5.3 3.0- 9.3 32 9.5 6.2-14.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 424 373 86.2 81.1-90.1 25 6.9 4.2-11.1 26 6.9 4.3-10.9
Non-Hispanic Black 191 155 80.5 72.2-86.8 19 9.8 5.7-16.4 17 9.7 5.4-16.9
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 176 124 75.0 66.9-81.6 17 9.8 5.7-16.5 35 15.2 10.3-21.9
45-64 252 200 79.3 72.2-84.9 21 7.6 4.6-12.3 31 13.1 8.5-19.8
65+ 239 231 96.4 89.8-98.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 263 189 72.7 65.5-78.8 23 8.2 5.0-13.3 51 19.1 13.9-25.7
Some Post-H.S. 212 185 85.3 78.0-90.4 15 8.5 4.7-15.0 12 6.2 3.2-11.7
College Graduate 200 187 94.9 90.5-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 329 260 77.5 71.1-82.7 27 7.2 4.5-11.3 42 15.4 10.9-21.3
$50,000+ 215 200 91.1 84.0-95.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 102 77.1 66.7-85.0 11 8.8 4.2-17.4 19 14.1 8.1-23.4

Back to Health Care Access.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 19AUG19.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts