2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,712 778 17.3 16.0-18.6 1,473 31.4 29.8-33.1 1,471 32.2 30.6-34.0 685 13.7 12.5-15.0 305 5.4 4.6- 6.2
Medicaid Region 6 868 123 15.4 12.6-18.7 255 30.2 26.3-34.5 268 31.8 27.8-36.1 152 15.5 12.8-18.6 70 7.0 5.2- 9.4
GENDER
Male 399 70 18.3 14.1-23.4 108 28.9 23.3-35.3 118 30.9 25.1-37.3 68 14.8 11.1-19.4 35 7.1 4.8-10.6
Female 469 53 12.5 9.1-17.0 147 31.5 26.3-37.2 150 32.8 27.4-38.7 84 16.2 12.6-20.7 35 6.9 4.5-10.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 549 88 16.9 13.4-21.1 189 34.3 29.4-39.5 148 27.2 22.7-32.2 76 14.0 10.8-18.0 48 7.6 5.3-10.8
Non-Hispanic Black 236 24 11.9 7.2-19.1 51 26.0 18.5-35.1 87 36.8 29.0-45.3 57 19.0 13.8-25.6 17 6.4 3.5-11.4
Other 83 11 15.8 8.2-28.5 15 16.0 8.5-28.1 *** *** *** 19 14.7 8.4-24.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 267 57 20.8 15.8-26.9 85 34.1 27.5-41.4 78 29.8 23.5-37.0 37 11.8 8.2-16.7 *** *** ***
45-64 315 41 12.5 8.7-17.7 81 25.9 20.1-32.6 96 33.9 27.3-41.2 62 15.5 11.7-20.4 35 12.2 8.0-18.2
65+ 274 22 7.4 4.6-11.6 89 29.9 23.7-37.0 86 31.2 24.5-38.7 52 23.7 17.3-31.5 25 7.8 5.0-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 354 40 12.1 8.5-16.9 71 23.8 18.5-30.0 118 35.6 29.4-42.4 80 18.9 14.6-24.1 45 9.6 6.7-13.7
Some Post-H.S. 258 34 13.6 9.3-19.7 84 34.4 27.0-42.6 79 30.8 23.8-38.7 48 15.7 11.3-21.4 13 5.5 2.9-10.3
College Graduate 255 48 25.4 19.0-33.2 100 37.8 31.0-45.1 71 25.4 19.7-32.0 24 7.5 4.8-11.4 12 4.0 2.1- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 427 47 13.7 9.9-18.5 104 27.3 22.2-33.2 136 31.5 26.0-37.5 94 19.1 15.0-24.0 46 8.5 6.0-11.8
$50,000+ 273 57 18.5 13.9-24.3 105 39.3 31.5-47.7 79 32.2 24.9-40.4 23 7.2 4.4-11.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 17 12.0 6.8-20.1 46 23.8 17.1-32.1 50 31.6 22.7-42.0 33 21.5 14.6-30.4 15 11.2 5.8-20.6

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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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