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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,183 264 6.1 5.3- 7.0 3,919 93.9 93.0-94.7
Medicaid Region 2 493 34 7.1 4.5-10.9 459 92.9 89.1-95.5
GENDER
Male 240 13 6.0 2.8-12.4 227 94.0 87.6-97.2
Female 253 21 8.0 4.5-13.6 232 92.0 86.4-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 374 24 6.9 4.1-11.3 350 93.1 88.7-95.9
Non-Hispanic Black 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 56 *** *** *** 51 95.0 86.9-98.2
AGE
18-44 153 *** *** *** 144 94.2 87.0-97.5
45-64 188 14 7.0 3.7-12.6 174 93.0 87.4-96.3
65+ 147 11 10.0 4.3-21.5 136 90.0 78.5-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 167 17 12.1 6.8-20.7 150 87.9 79.3-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 157 *** *** *** 147 96.4 93.0-98.2
College Graduate 169 *** *** *** 162 97.1 93.6-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 27 13.0 8.0-20.3 173 87.0 79.7-92.0
$50,000+ 185 *** *** *** 182 98.6 95.3-99.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** 104 94.3 80.5-98.5

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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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