2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,234 3,562 82.7 81.1-84.1 286 8.1 7.0- 9.4 386 9.2 8.2-10.4
Medicaid Region 4 880 723 82.4 79.4-85.0 52 6.6 4.9- 8.8 105 11.0 9.0-13.5
GENDER
Male 414 332 79.9 75.2-84.0 22 6.4 4.0- 9.9 60 13.7 10.4-17.8
Female 466 391 84.4 80.4-87.8 30 6.8 4.6-10.0 45 8.8 6.4-11.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 522 479 92.3 89.4-94.4 19 3.0 1.8- 4.8 24 4.8 3.1- 7.3
Non-Hispanic Black 188 156 80.1 72.4-86.1 21 14.1 9.0-21.3 11 5.8 2.9-11.0
Other 155 77 46.6 37.9-55.5 11 9.2 4.9-16.7 67 44.2 35.6-53.1
AGE
18-44 355 260 73.6 68.1-78.4 26 8.1 5.4-12.0 69 18.3 14.3-23.2
45-64 305 249 83.4 78.3-87.5 22 8.0 5.0-12.5 34 8.6 6.0-12.4
65+ 202 199 99.0 96.5-99.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 137 66.6 59.7-72.9 18 8.2 4.9-13.4 75 25.2 19.8-31.5
Some Post-H.S. 176 144 84.1 77.6-89.0 16 9.2 5.5-15.0 16 6.7 3.8-11.3
College Graduate 470 440 93.9 91.2-95.8 18 3.8 2.3- 6.2 12 2.3 1.3- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 184 69.0 62.2-75.1 26 10.9 7.1-16.4 58 20.0 15.2-26.0
$50,000+ 438 410 93.4 90.3-95.6 17 4.1 2.5- 6.8 11 2.5 1.3- 4.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 172 127 74.2 66.3-80.8 *** *** *** 36 19.3 13.7-26.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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