2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 885 115 15.5 12.6-19.0 770 84.5 81.0-87.4
GENDER
Male 423 45 12.0 8.7-16.4 378 88.0 83.6-91.3
Female 462 70 18.8 14.3-24.2 392 81.2 75.8-85.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 537 77 16.0 12.4-20.3 460 84.0 79.7-87.6
Non-Hispanic Black 202 26 17.7 11.2-26.9 176 82.3 73.1-88.8
Other 146 12 9.8 5.4-17.1 134 90.2 82.9-94.6
AGE
18-44 363 56 19.1 14.3-25.1 307 80.9 74.9-85.7
45-64 293 36 13.5 9.5-18.8 257 86.5 81.2-90.5
65+ 212 22 10.9 6.4-18.0 190 89.1 82.0-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 34 14.9 10.5-20.9 243 85.1 79.1-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 190 30 21.7 14.5-31.2 160 78.3 68.8-85.5
College Graduate 417 51 12.1 8.9-16.2 366 87.9 83.8-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 309 49 19.7 14.7-26.0 260 80.3 74.0-85.3
$50,000+ 393 39 10.5 6.9-15.5 354 89.5 84.5-93.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 174 25 19.5 12.6-28.9 149 80.5 71.1-87.4

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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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