2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 866 124 13.7 11.1-16.8 742 86.3 83.2-88.9
GENDER
Male 399 46 10.9 7.7-15.3 353 89.1 84.7-92.3
Female 467 78 16.4 12.5-21.2 389 83.6 78.8-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 548 74 13.6 10.4-17.7 474 86.4 82.3-89.6
Non-Hispanic Black 235 42 15.5 10.6-22.0 193 84.5 78.0-89.4
Other 83 *** *** *** 75 91.5 79.5-96.8
AGE
18-44 265 40 16.1 11.5-22.1 225 83.9 77.9-88.5
45-64 316 49 13.0 9.3-17.9 267 87.0 82.1-90.7
65+ 273 35 10.5 7.2-15.1 238 89.5 84.9-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 354 56 16.2 11.9-21.6 298 83.8 78.4-88.1
Some Post-H.S. 256 39 12.7 8.6-18.3 217 87.3 81.7-91.4
College Graduate 255 29 10.0 6.5-15.2 226 90.0 84.8-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 428 77 17.9 13.7-23.0 351 82.1 77.0-86.3
$50,000+ 272 25 8.6 5.2-13.8 247 91.4 86.2-94.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 159 21 12.4 7.4-20.1 138 87.6 79.9-92.6

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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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