2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
Medicaid Region 1 519 110 19.5 15.8-23.8 409 80.5 76.2-84.2
GENDER
Male 266 41 14.5 10.2-20.4 225 85.5 79.6-89.8
Female 253 69 24.1 18.6-30.6 184 75.9 69.4-81.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 417 92 19.9 15.9-24.6 325 80.1 75.4-84.1
Non-Hispanic Black 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 158 *** *** *** 151 95.1 89.9-97.7
45-64 179 41 24.1 17.2-32.6 138 75.9 67.4-82.8
65+ 174 61 34.5 26.3-43.6 113 65.5 56.4-73.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 51 27.3 20.3-35.6 120 72.7 64.4-79.7
Some Post-H.S. 152 27 16.0 10.5-23.6 125 84.0 76.4-89.5
College Graduate 196 32 12.5 8.5-18.1 164 87.5 81.9-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 66 25.1 19.1-32.2 166 74.9 67.8-80.9
$50,000+ 172 16 12.1 7.0-20.0 156 87.9 80.0-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 28 18.5 12.2-27.2 87 81.5 72.8-87.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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