2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
Medicaid Region 4 1,043 115 11.5 9.5-14.0 928 88.5 86.0-90.5
GENDER
Male 510 45 9.8 7.1-13.3 465 90.2 86.7-92.9
Female 533 70 13.1 10.2-16.7 463 86.9 83.3-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 614 64 11.7 9.0-15.1 550 88.3 84.9-91.0
Non-Hispanic Black 216 38 15.7 11.1-21.8 178 84.3 78.2-88.9
Other 195 12 4.8 2.6- 8.8 183 95.2 91.2-97.4
AGE
18-44 460 13 2.7 1.4- 5.2 447 97.3 94.8-98.6
45-64 336 47 14.9 11.1-19.8 289 85.1 80.2-88.9
65+ 226 53 28.0 21.3-35.8 173 72.0 64.2-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 45 15.6 11.4-20.9 231 84.4 79.1-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 215 34 14.6 10.2-20.4 181 85.4 79.6-89.8
College Graduate 547 35 6.0 4.2- 8.5 512 94.0 91.5-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 59 17.8 13.6-23.1 268 82.2 76.9-86.4
$50,000+ 507 23 4.5 2.9- 7.1 484 95.5 92.9-97.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 209 33 18.1 12.6-25.3 176 81.9 74.7-87.4

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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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