2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months, when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^
Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,861 135 3.3 2.7- 4.0 2,486 66.2 64.2-68.0 642 15.0 13.7-16.4 598 15.6 14.1-17.1
Medicaid Region 5 973 38 3.0 2.0- 4.5 645 69.6 65.8-73.1 137 12.1 9.9-14.8 153 15.3 12.6-18.5
GENDER
Male 415 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 295 75.0 69.4-79.8 56 11.0 7.9-15.0 51 11.9 8.4-16.5
Female 558 25 3.7 2.2- 6.1 350 64.8 59.6-69.7 81 13.1 10.1-16.9 102 18.4 14.5-23.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 538 *** *** *** 351 69.5 64.6-74.0 84 12.8 10.0-16.2 93 16.0 12.6-20.3
Non-Hispanic Black 226 21 7.4 4.1-12.8 147 68.1 60.1-75.2 23 8.5 5.1-13.8 35 16.0 10.8-23.1
Other 202 *** *** *** 142 72.6 62.7-80.7 29 13.5 8.1-21.7 25 12.7 7.2-21.3
AGE
18-44 271 *** *** *** 192 74.5 68.0-80.1 39 11.4 7.8-16.3 30 11.2 7.4-16.7
45-64 312 11 2.8 1.3- 5.8 210 70.2 63.6-76.0 43 11.1 7.7-15.8 48 16.0 11.5-21.8
65+ 372 16 3.6 1.8- 7.0 234 63.3 56.9-69.3 53 14.5 10.6-19.4 69 18.6 14.0-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 11 1.8 0.8- 3.8 240 70.6 64.0-76.4 50 12.6 8.8-17.6 50 15.0 10.6-20.9
Some Post-H.S. 288 12 3.6 1.7- 7.5 204 74.1 67.7-79.7 18 5.5 3.1- 9.5 54 16.7 12.3-22.4
College Graduate 333 15 4.1 2.2- 7.5 201 60.8 54.6-66.7 69 21.6 17.0-27.1 48 13.4 9.8-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 380 25 4.4 2.6- 7.4 254 70.7 64.6-76.2 47 11.7 8.2-16.5 54 13.2 9.5-18.0
$50,000+ 371 *** *** *** 255 75.6 70.2-80.3 60 11.8 8.8-15.6 52 11.8 8.4-16.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 222 *** *** *** 136 56.6 47.6-65.1 30 13.4 8.5-20.7 47 25.3 18.2-34.1

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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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