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 4,158 346 8.0 7.1- 9.1 3,812 92.0 90.9-92.9
Medicaid Region 5 533 64 11.5 8.5-15.4 469 88.5 84.6-91.5
GENDER
Male 210 18 9.3 5.3-15.9 192 90.7 84.1-94.7
Female 323 46 13.5 9.7-18.7 277 86.5 81.3-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 253 26 11.3 7.3-17.1 227 88.7 82.9-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 152 23 12.3 7.8-18.9 129 87.7 81.1-92.2
Other 128 15 11.2 6.0-20.0 113 88.8 80.0-94.0
AGE
18-44 201 15 8.7 4.7-15.6 186 91.3 84.4-95.3
45-64 180 27 13.3 8.6-20.1 153 86.7 79.9-91.4
65+ 146 22 15.5 9.3-24.6 124 84.5 75.4-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 30 11.5 7.4-17.4 200 88.5 82.6-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 160 23 11.9 7.4-18.7 137 88.1 81.3-92.6
College Graduate 140 *** *** *** 131 93.6 87.5-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 45 16.6 11.6-23.3 212 83.4 76.7-88.4
$50,000+ 161 *** *** *** 156 96.8 91.7-98.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 14 12.8 6.9-22.4 101 87.2 77.6-93.1

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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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