2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,294 2,824 86.6 85.1-87.9 470 13.4 12.1-14.9
Medicaid Region 5 719 616 85.6 82.1-88.6 103 14.4 11.4-17.9
GENDER
Male 341 283 83.8 78.2-88.2 58 16.2 11.8-21.8
Female 378 333 87.4 82.6-91.1 45 12.6 8.9-17.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 371 337 89.7 84.8-93.2 34 10.3 6.8-15.2
Non-Hispanic Black 161 146 87.7 79.4-93.0 15 12.3 7.0-20.6
Other 182 128 70.9 61.8-78.6 54 29.1 21.4-38.2
AGE
18-44 364 297 82.2 76.8-86.5 67 17.8 13.5-23.2
45-64 355 319 90.7 86.7-93.6 36 9.3 6.4-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 204 76.5 69.6-82.2 70 23.5 17.8-30.4
Some Post-H.S. 201 180 90.2 84.6-93.9 21 9.8 6.1-15.4
College Graduate 243 231 95.6 92.2-97.5 12 4.4 2.5- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 212 77.1 70.4-82.6 59 22.9 17.4-29.6
$50,000+ 308 298 95.7 89.7-98.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 137 104 78.6 69.2-85.8 33 21.4 14.2-30.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 are included.

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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