2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 1,064 913 83.6 80.3-86.4 70 8.5 6.5-11.0 81 8.0 6.0-10.5
GENDER
Male 458 376 81.6 76.4-85.8 32 7.8 5.1-11.6 50 10.6 7.3-15.2
Female 606 537 85.4 81.1-88.8 38 9.1 6.3-12.9 31 5.5 3.5- 8.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 574 522 88.3 84.0-91.5 31 7.3 5.0-10.6 21 4.4 2.3- 8.1
Non-Hispanic Black 255 226 85.4 78.7-90.2 20 10.5 6.4-16.8 *** *** ***
Other 224 156 64.1 54.5-72.8 18 8.7 4.4-16.5 50 27.1 19.7-36.2
AGE
18-44 304 219 72.9 66.4-78.5 38 13.8 9.8-19.2 47 13.3 9.2-18.9
45-64 337 283 85.6 80.6-89.4 24 7.0 4.3-11.3 30 7.4 4.9-10.9
65+ 399 389 97.9 95.4-99.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 309 77.2 71.2-82.3 27 8.5 5.5-12.9 57 14.3 10.1-19.7
Some Post-H.S. 307 267 85.1 79.4-89.4 27 10.9 7.1-16.2 13 4.0 2.1- 7.5
College Graduate 360 334 92.6 88.9-95.2 16 4.9 2.8- 8.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 414 327 73.9 68.0-79.1 42 14.1 10.1-19.5 45 11.9 8.5-16.5
$50,000+ 395 375 92.9 87.5-96.1 13 4.1 2.2- 7.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 253 210 82.8 75.8-88.1 15 7.2 3.7-13.4 28 10.0 6.3-15.6

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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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