2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 508 58 12.1 8.8-16.4 450 87.9 83.6-91.2
GENDER
Male 235 26 12.0 7.0-19.9 209 88.0 80.1-93.0
Female 273 32 12.2 8.5-17.1 241 87.8 82.9-91.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 315 37 12.2 8.3-17.5 278 87.8 82.5-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 104 14 13.8 7.3-24.6 90 86.2 75.4-92.7
Other 89 *** *** *** 82 93.8 86.9-97.2
AGE
18-44 218 26 14.9 9.2-23.3 192 85.1 76.7-90.8
45-64 181 22 12.2 7.8-18.7 159 87.8 81.3-92.2
65+ 99 *** *** *** 91 93.5 86.9-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 15 13.0 6.8-23.6 98 87.0 76.4-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 127 18 14.9 8.5-25.0 109 85.1 75.0-91.5
College Graduate 267 25 9.3 6.3-13.7 242 90.7 86.3-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 18 12.9 7.0-22.7 120 87.1 77.3-93.0
$50,000+ 268 26 10.7 6.6-16.9 242 89.3 83.1-93.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 90 14 16.8 9.7-27.4 76 83.2 72.6-90.3

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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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