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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,280 570 13.1 12.0-14.3 3,710 86.9 85.7-88.0
Medicaid Region 2 502 79 17.4 13.7-21.9 423 82.6 78.1-86.3
GENDER
Male 246 32 14.6 9.9-21.0 214 85.4 79.0-90.1
Female 256 47 19.9 14.6-26.6 209 80.1 73.4-85.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 381 61 17.8 13.7-22.7 320 82.2 77.3-86.3
Non-Hispanic Black 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** 55 94.4 81.6-98.4
AGE
18-44 154 27 18.9 12.8-27.0 127 81.1 73.0-87.2
45-64 192 34 17.9 12.6-24.9 158 82.1 75.1-87.4
65+ 148 18 14.9 8.4-25.1 130 85.1 74.9-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 29 16.3 11.2-23.3 143 83.7 76.7-88.8
Some Post-H.S. 157 30 22.3 15.1-31.8 127 77.7 68.2-84.9
College Graduate 172 20 12.3 7.6-19.4 152 87.7 80.6-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 36 18.4 13.1-25.3 165 81.6 74.7-86.9
$50,000+ 185 28 17.4 11.7-25.1 157 82.6 74.9-88.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 111 13 14.1 7.0-26.4 98 85.9 73.6-93.0

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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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