2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
Medicaid Region 2 733 118 13.7 11.1-16.9 615 86.3 83.1-88.9
GENDER
Male 345 50 11.7 8.5-15.8 295 88.3 84.2-91.5
Female 388 68 15.6 11.7-20.5 320 84.4 79.5-88.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 525 85 14.6 11.5-18.4 440 85.4 81.6-88.5
Non-Hispanic Black 115 23 15.0 9.0-23.9 92 85.0 76.1-91.0
Other 80 *** *** *** 70 91.0 82.1-95.7
AGE
18-44 258 12 3.6 1.8- 7.0 246 96.4 93.0-98.2
45-64 257 49 19.4 14.3-25.7 208 80.6 74.3-85.7
65+ 203 57 26.0 19.3-34.0 146 74.0 66.0-80.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 48 18.2 13.1-24.7 183 81.8 75.3-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 217 41 12.4 8.8-17.1 176 87.6 82.9-91.2
College Graduate 285 29 8.7 5.7-13.2 256 91.3 86.8-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 64 19.9 15.0-25.9 199 80.1 74.1-85.0
$50,000+ 309 23 5.9 3.8- 9.1 286 94.1 90.9-96.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 31 15.9 10.1-24.1 130 84.1 75.9-89.9

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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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