2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,216 2,609 81.6 79.9-83.2 607 18.4 16.8-20.1
Medicaid Region 6 583 468 81.2 76.9-84.8 115 18.8 15.2-23.1
GENDER
Male 282 217 78.6 72.1-83.9 65 21.4 16.1-27.9
Female 301 251 83.9 77.8-88.5 50 16.1 11.5-22.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 348 303 87.2 82.3-90.9 45 12.8 9.1-17.7
Non-Hispanic Black 162 128 78.5 68.4-86.0 34 21.5 14.0-31.6
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 267 204 80.3 74.5-85.1 63 19.7 14.9-25.5
45-64 316 264 82.4 75.8-87.6 52 17.6 12.4-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 164 72.9 65.9-78.8 79 27.1 21.2-34.1
Some Post-H.S. 177 153 86.1 77.9-91.6 24 13.9 8.4-22.1
College Graduate 163 151 91.3 83.9-95.5 12 8.7 4.5-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 234 75.5 68.8-81.1 71 24.5 18.9-31.2
$50,000+ 179 166 95.2 91.1-97.5 13 4.8 2.5- 8.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 93 67 77.0 65.5-85.6 26 23.0 14.4-34.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.

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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