2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 584 74 10.7 8.3-13.8 510 89.3 86.2-91.7
GENDER
Male 283 37 9.9 6.8-14.2 246 90.1 85.8-93.2
Female 301 37 11.5 8.1-16.1 264 88.5 83.9-91.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 46 11.3 8.1-15.4 308 88.7 84.6-91.9
Non-Hispanic Black 119 15 9.8 5.7-16.2 104 90.2 83.8-94.3
Other 111 13 9.6 5.2-17.2 98 90.4 82.8-94.8
AGE
18-44 220 *** *** *** 213 97.3 94.2-98.7
45-64 206 31 14.3 9.7-20.4 175 85.7 79.6-90.3
65+ 147 35 25.2 17.5-34.8 112 74.8 65.2-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 37 18.5 13.0-25.7 137 81.5 74.3-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 167 21 8.7 5.4-13.6 146 91.3 86.4-94.6
College Graduate 243 16 4.7 2.7- 8.0 227 95.3 92.0-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 39 16.1 11.4-22.2 170 83.9 77.8-88.6
$50,000+ 251 14 5.2 2.9- 9.0 237 94.8 91.0-97.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 21 14.1 8.4-22.8 103 85.9 77.2-91.6

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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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