2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Care Access

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 8 399 312 76.1 70.5-80.9 33 10.0 6.7-14.7 54 13.9 10.3-18.4
GENDER
Male 183 129 69.4 60.4-77.1 18 12.0 7.0-19.9 36 18.6 12.9-26.1
Female 216 183 82.4 75.1-87.9 15 8.2 4.4-14.6 18 9.4 5.6-15.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 256 219 83.1 76.7-88.0 16 7.2 4.1-12.6 21 9.6 6.1-14.9
Non-Hispanic Black 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 114 *** *** *** 17 15.5 8.9-25.6 27 18.9 12.2-28.0
45-64 140 102 73.2 63.8-80.8 12 9.1 4.7-16.9 26 17.8 11.8-25.9
65+ 140 136 97.0 92.0-98.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 97 59.0 49.3-68.1 18 15.0 8.8-24.4 39 26.0 18.6-35.0
Some Post-H.S. 129 111 87.1 78.9-92.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 115 104 91.0 83.7-95.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 147 66.2 58.0-73.5 24 13.6 8.5-21.0 40 20.3 14.6-27.5
$50,000+ 118 110 92.5 83.9-96.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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