2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,588 2,935 79.9 78.1-81.6 297 9.7 8.4-11.0 356 10.4 9.2-11.8
Region 5 410 344 83.8 79.3-87.5 34 8.2 5.6-11.8 32 8.0 5.5-11.6
GENDER
Male 168 143 85.1 78.2-90.1 14 8.2 4.7-13.8 11 6.7 3.4-12.5
Female 242 201 82.7 76.3-87.6 20 8.2 4.9-13.5 21 9.1 5.7-14.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 251 226 88.8 83.3-92.7 17 6.9 4.0-11.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 114 87 76.9 66.8-84.6 13 11.2 6.2-19.4 14 11.9 6.4-21.1
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 131 93 71.4 62.2-79.0 17 12.3 7.3-19.9 21 16.4 10.5-24.6
45-64 148 123 87.4 80.9-91.9 15 8.7 4.9-14.8 *** *** ***
65+ 124 121 97.3 91.5-99.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 114 81.3 73.0-87.5 12 8.8 4.6-16.2 16 9.9 5.8-16.3
Some Post-H.S. 119 92 77.8 68.5-85.0 15 11.0 6.5-18.2 12 11.1 6.0-19.8
College Graduate 148 137 93.7 88.1-96.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 130 72.5 64.1-79.6 24 14.3 9.2-21.6 22 13.2 8.4-20.1
$50,000+ 160 150 95.4 91.1-97.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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