2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 534 41 6.9 4.8- 9.9 493 93.1 90.1-95.2
GENDER
Male 211 12 4.6 2.4- 8.6 199 95.4 91.4-97.6
Female 323 29 9.1 5.8-13.9 294 90.9 86.1-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 253 16 6.0 3.4-10.5 237 94.0 89.5-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 153 17 8.5 5.0-14.1 136 91.5 85.9-95.0
Other 128 *** *** *** 120 91.9 82.8-96.4
AGE
18-44 201 *** *** *** 192 95.6 91.3-97.8
45-64 181 23 10.5 6.5-16.5 158 89.5 83.5-93.5
65+ 146 *** *** *** 137 92.5 82.8-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 20 6.4 3.7-10.7 211 93.6 89.3-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 160 15 9.7 5.4-16.9 145 90.3 83.1-94.6
College Graduate 140 *** *** *** 135 97.2 92.7-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 25 8.6 5.3-13.4 232 91.4 86.6-94.7
$50,000+ 162 *** *** *** 156 96.9 92.2-98.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 *** *** *** 105 90.8 81.6-95.6

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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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