2020 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 5,620 389 6.4 5.7- 7.3 5,231 93.6 92.7-94.3
Medicaid Region 5 1,340 121 9.2 7.3-11.4 1,219 90.8 88.6-92.7
GENDER
Male 593 28 5.5 3.4- 8.7 565 94.5 91.3-96.6
Female 747 93 12.6 9.9-16.0 654 87.4 84.0-90.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 776 67 9.9 7.6-13.0 709 90.1 87.0-92.4
Non-Hispanic Black 306 34 10.7 6.7-16.5 272 89.3 83.5-93.3
Other 258 20 4.3 2.5- 7.4 238 95.7 92.6-97.5
AGE
18-44 435 18 4.6 2.8- 7.5 417 95.4 92.5-97.2
45-64 442 46 11.6 8.3-16.0 396 88.4 84.0-91.7
65+ 430 56 15.3 10.8-21.3 374 84.7 78.7-89.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 500 64 12.2 8.8-16.6 436 87.8 83.4-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 391 36 9.1 6.3-12.9 355 90.9 87.1-93.7
College Graduate 441 21 4.5 2.7- 7.3 420 95.5 92.7-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 600 81 14.0 10.7-18.3 519 86.0 81.7-89.3
$50,000+ 476 20 5.5 3.4- 8.7 456 94.5 91.3-96.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 264 20 4.8 2.8- 8.1 244 95.2 91.9-97.2

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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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