2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,926 4,138 84.7 83.4-86.0 788 15.3 14.0-16.6
Medicaid Region 2 744 604 81.0 77.3-84.1 140 19.0 15.9-22.7
GENDER
Male 351 289 83.2 78.3-87.2 62 16.8 12.8-21.7
Female 393 315 78.9 73.4-83.5 78 21.1 16.5-26.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 532 445 82.3 78.1-85.9 87 17.7 14.1-21.9
Non-Hispanic Black 116 89 77.2 66.9-85.0 27 22.8 15.0-33.1
Other 82 60 81.8 71.2-89.2 22 18.2 10.8-28.8
AGE
18-44 262 236 90.3 85.2-93.7 26 9.7 6.3-14.8
45-64 262 197 76.3 69.9-81.7 65 23.7 18.3-30.1
65+ 205 158 70.4 61.9-77.7 47 29.6 22.3-38.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 173 73.1 65.8-79.3 65 26.9 20.7-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 219 175 84.3 78.6-88.6 44 15.7 11.4-21.4
College Graduate 287 256 88.9 83.9-92.5 31 11.1 7.5-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 267 189 70.7 63.8-76.8 78 29.3 23.2-36.2
$50,000+ 310 286 92.4 88.4-95.0 24 7.6 5.0-11.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 164 126 80.0 71.3-86.5 38 20.0 13.5-28.7

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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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