2021 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 4,832 575 12.9 11.7-14.1 4,257 87.1 85.9-88.3
Medicaid Region 5 1,165 154 14.4 11.9-17.2 1,011 85.6 82.8-88.1
GENDER
Male 514 53 11.9 8.7-16.2 461 88.1 83.8-91.3
Female 651 101 16.6 13.2-20.7 550 83.4 79.3-86.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 651 77 12.4 9.6-15.9 574 87.6 84.1-90.4
Non-Hispanic Black 263 44 16.7 11.7-23.2 219 83.3 76.8-88.3
Other 238 31 17.5 10.8-27.0 207 82.5 73.0-89.2
AGE
18-44 367 53 15.7 11.6-20.9 314 84.3 79.1-88.4
45-64 351 43 12.6 9.0-17.4 308 87.4 82.6-91.0
65+ 421 56 14.4 10.4-19.6 365 85.6 80.4-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 425 74 18.5 14.1-23.8 351 81.5 76.2-85.9
Some Post-H.S. 340 51 14.4 10.5-19.4 289 85.6 80.6-89.5
College Graduate 397 29 7.0 4.6-10.5 368 93.0 89.5-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 465 89 21.9 17.3-27.4 376 78.1 72.6-82.7
$50,000+ 437 27 7.1 4.5-11.0 410 92.9 89.0-95.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 263 38 14.4 9.7-21.0 225 85.6 79.0-90.3

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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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