2020 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 5,823 721 12.3 11.3-13.4 5,102 87.7 86.6-88.7
Medicaid Region 6 758 105 13.8 11.0-17.1 653 86.2 82.9-89.0
GENDER
Male 351 36 10.9 7.4-15.9 315 89.1 84.1-92.6
Female 407 69 16.5 12.6-21.3 338 83.5 78.7-87.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 500 71 13.8 10.5-18.0 429 86.2 82.0-89.5
Non-Hispanic Black 173 28 16.2 10.8-23.7 145 83.8 76.3-89.2
Other 85 *** *** *** 79 92.9 82.7-97.3
AGE
18-44 233 32 13.9 9.5-20.0 201 86.1 80.0-90.5
45-64 276 46 16.9 12.4-22.6 230 83.1 77.4-87.6
65+ 239 27 10.1 6.3-15.6 212 89.9 84.4-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 43 15.0 10.6-20.7 267 85.0 79.3-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 216 34 12.4 8.6-17.5 182 87.6 82.5-91.4
College Graduate 229 28 13.4 8.8-19.8 201 86.6 80.2-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 307 50 17.3 12.7-23.3 257 82.7 76.7-87.3
$50,000+ 268 29 10.7 7.0-16.0 239 89.3 84.0-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 166 25 12.2 7.7-18.9 141 87.8 81.1-92.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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