2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,926 907 19.6 18.2-21.1 1,716 35.2 33.5-36.9 1,515 30.0 28.4-31.6 596 11.4 10.3-12.6 192 3.8 3.2- 4.6
Medicaid Region 5 1,189 192 17.9 15.3-20.8 379 33.4 30.0-36.9 376 30.3 27.1-33.6 175 13.8 11.5-16.5 67 4.6 3.4- 6.2
GENDER
Male 528 100 18.5 14.8-22.8 170 33.2 28.4-38.4 157 30.8 26.2-35.7 76 13.5 10.1-17.7 25 4.1 2.6- 6.4
Female 661 92 17.3 13.9-21.4 209 33.5 28.9-38.5 219 29.8 25.6-34.4 99 14.2 11.2-17.9 42 5.2 3.5- 7.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 659 114 18.6 15.3-22.5 243 36.2 31.9-40.8 203 28.3 24.4-32.5 69 12.2 9.3-15.9 30 4.6 3.0- 7.0
Non-Hispanic Black 272 40 15.8 11.1-22.0 70 28.5 22.0-36.2 89 35.0 28.1-42.6 55 14.9 10.6-20.6 18 5.8 3.5- 9.4
Other 241 37 19.6 13.2-28.1 62 31.9 23.3-41.9 75 26.6 19.8-34.8 48 18.2 12.4-25.9 19 3.7 1.8- 7.2
AGE
18-44 375 103 25.6 20.9-30.9 130 37.1 31.4-43.2 98 26.9 22.0-32.3 34 8.6 5.6-13.1 *** *** ***
45-64 357 45 12.4 9.0-16.9 117 32.4 26.9-38.6 114 33.1 27.3-39.3 63 17.0 12.8-22.1 18 5.1 2.9- 8.8
65+ 427 41 10.8 7.5-15.3 121 27.3 22.3-33.0 153 33.4 28.2-39.0 73 18.5 14.0-24.0 39 10.0 6.7-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 434 52 12.6 9.2-17.1 97 26.6 21.6-32.4 149 33.6 28.3-39.4 98 19.6 15.3-24.7 38 7.5 5.1-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 346 46 17.1 12.6-22.7 116 36.2 30.2-42.7 113 29.9 24.6-35.8 52 13.3 9.7-18.0 19 3.5 2.1- 5.8
College Graduate 403 94 29.0 24.0-34.5 164 41.0 35.5-46.8 111 24.6 20.2-29.6 24 4.1 2.5- 6.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 52 12.4 9.1-16.8 116 27.3 22.2-33.1 153 32.3 27.2-37.9 102 19.4 15.5-24.0 46 8.5 6.0-11.9
$50,000+ 443 105 25.8 21.2-31.1 187 41.7 36.1-47.5 120 24.6 20.2-29.7 29 7.7 4.6-12.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 274 34 12.9 8.4-19.2 76 29.3 22.7-36.8 101 36.2 29.2-43.9 44 15.5 10.6-21.9 19 6.2 3.4-10.9

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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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