2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,926 4,138 84.7 83.4-86.0 788 15.3 14.0-16.6
Medicaid Region 5 1,189 947 81.5 78.6-84.1 242 18.5 15.9-21.4
GENDER
Male 528 427 82.5 78.0-86.2 101 17.5 13.8-22.0
Female 661 520 80.6 76.6-84.1 141 19.4 15.9-23.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 659 560 83.2 79.2-86.5 99 16.8 13.5-20.8
Non-Hispanic Black 272 199 79.3 73.1-84.4 73 20.7 15.6-26.9
Other 241 174 78.1 70.3-84.3 67 21.9 15.7-29.7
AGE
18-44 375 331 89.6 85.0-92.9 44 10.4 7.1-15.0
45-64 357 276 77.9 72.3-82.6 81 22.1 17.4-27.7
65+ 427 315 71.5 65.4-76.9 112 28.5 23.1-34.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 434 298 72.9 67.5-77.7 136 27.1 22.3-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 346 275 83.2 78.3-87.2 71 16.8 12.8-21.7
College Graduate 403 369 94.5 91.6-96.5 34 5.5 3.5- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 321 72.1 67.0-76.6 148 27.9 23.4-33.0
$50,000+ 443 412 92.2 87.3-95.3 31 7.8 4.7-12.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 274 211 78.4 71.4-84.0 63 21.6 16.0-28.6

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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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