2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs,
or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,719 4,088 85.5 84.1-86.7 631 14.5 13.3-15.9
-Non-Hispanic Black 879 749 84.1 80.7-87.0 130 15.9 13.0-19.3
GENDER
Male 357 294 81.0 75.2-85.7 63 19.0 14.3-24.8
Female 522 455 86.7 82.5-89.9 67 13.3 10.1-17.5
AGE
18-34 177 138 78.1 70.5-84.2 39 21.9 15.8-29.5
35-44 119 99 87.7 80.0-92.7 20 12.3 7.3-20.0
45-54 172 140 80.7 71.9-87.2 32 19.3 12.8-28.1
55-64 173 138 80.7 71.3-87.6 35 19.3 12.4-28.7
65-74 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 107 87 80.9 70.4-88.3 20 19.1 11.7-29.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 272 219 79.6 72.5-85.3 53 20.4 14.7-27.5
Some Post-H.S. 270 233 84.0 77.7-88.8 37 16.0 11.2-22.3
College Graduate 229 209 92.5 88.0-95.4 20 7.5 4.6-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 85 73.9 63.2-82.3 33 26.1 17.7-36.8
$15,000- 24,999 157 126 75.2 65.7-82.8 31 24.8 17.2-34.3
$25,000- 34,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 289 244 82.3 75.2-87.7 45 17.7 12.3-24.8
No 561 482 84.9 80.8-88.2 79 15.1 11.8-19.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 742 622 82.4 78.5-85.7 120 17.6 14.3-21.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 291 239 80.2 74.1-85.2 52 19.8 14.8-25.9
Regional City or Suburban County 184 162 89.9 84.0-93.8 22 10.1 6.2-16.0
Rural 404 348 84.7 79.0-89.1 56 15.3 10.9-21.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 437 369 85.9 81.5-89.4 68 14.1 10.6-18.5
Unemployed 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 226 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 160 135 79.6 70.7-86.3 25 20.4 13.7-29.3
151% to 200% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 344 319 92.6 88.3-95.5 25 7.4 4.5-11.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 231 192 78.7 68.9-86.0 39 21.3 14.0-31.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 369 324 88.2 83.7-91.5 45 11.8 8.5-16.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 279 233 82.0 75.9-86.8 46 18.0 13.2-24.1

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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