2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,721 660 14.5 13.2-15.9 4,061 85.5 84.1-86.8
Medicaid Region 2 660 99 16.0 12.9-19.6 561 84.0 80.4-87.1
GENDER
Male 302 41 16.1 11.5-22.0 261 83.9 78.0-88.5
Female 358 58 15.9 12.0-20.7 300 84.1 79.3-88.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 482 73 16.1 12.5-20.4 409 83.9 79.6-87.5
Non-Hispanic Black 111 18 18.2 11.2-28.2 93 81.8 71.8-88.8
Other 67 *** *** *** 59 89.0 76.8-95.1
AGE
18-44 215 35 18.2 12.9-24.9 180 81.8 75.1-87.1
45-64 231 37 15.8 11.2-21.8 194 84.2 78.2-88.8
65+ 203 26 13.1 8.6-19.5 177 86.9 80.5-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 237 36 17.3 12.2-23.9 201 82.7 76.1-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 196 36 18.0 12.7-25.0 160 82.0 75.0-87.3
College Graduate 224 27 11.5 7.5-17.1 197 88.5 82.9-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 49 19.6 14.5-25.9 224 80.4 74.1-85.5
$50,000+ 248 28 11.4 7.5-17.1 220 88.6 82.9-92.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 133 21 16.5 10.3-25.4 112 83.5 74.6-89.7

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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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