2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,929 648 13.7 12.5-15.0 4,281 86.3 85.0-87.5
Medicaid Region 1 525 66 12.1 8.9-16.3 459 87.9 83.7-91.1
GENDER
Male 244 21 8.9 5.4-14.4 223 91.1 85.6-94.6
Female 281 45 15.1 10.2-21.8 236 84.9 78.2-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 419 50 12.7 9.0-17.5 369 87.3 82.5-91.0
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 12 7.4 3.7-14.4 63 92.6 85.6-96.3
AGE
18-44 147 20 15.4 9.2-24.7 127 84.6 75.3-90.8
45-64 189 24 13.0 8.1-20.2 165 87.0 79.8-91.9
65+ 180 22 7.4 4.5-11.9 158 92.6 88.1-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 28 14.2 8.7-22.3 153 85.8 77.7-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 142 21 13.2 7.8-21.4 121 86.8 78.6-92.2
College Graduate 200 17 7.1 4.4-11.3 183 92.9 88.7-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 33 14.3 8.9-22.2 175 85.7 77.8-91.1
$50,000+ 198 16 9.0 5.1-15.6 182 91.0 84.4-94.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 119 17 12.8 7.1-22.0 102 87.2 78.0-92.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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