2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,234 3,562 82.7 81.1-84.1 286 8.1 7.0- 9.4 386 9.2 8.2-10.4
Medicaid Region 2 679 580 83.0 78.6-86.6 45 8.9 6.0-13.0 54 8.1 6.0-10.8
GENDER
Male 319 272 84.0 78.8-88.2 16 5.5 3.3- 8.9 31 10.5 7.1-15.2
Female 360 308 82.1 75.0-87.4 29 12.0 7.3-19.2 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 488 436 87.2 81.8-91.1 24 6.6 3.6-12.0 28 6.2 4.2- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 107 90 78.3 66.5-86.7 13 17.0 9.4-28.8 *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 229 170 73.9 66.5-80.2 27 13.5 8.8-20.2 32 12.5 8.5-18.1
45-64 241 205 82.5 73.6-88.8 16 9.5 4.3-19.6 20 8.0 5.0-12.7
65+ 196 192 98.2 95.3-99.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 162 74.5 65.8-81.5 18 10.3 5.3-19.2 37 15.2 10.7-21.2
Some Post-H.S. 204 180 87.0 79.8-91.9 14 9.6 5.2-16.9 *** *** ***
College Graduate 258 238 90.8 86.0-94.1 13 5.8 3.3- 9.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 190 74.9 67.6-81.0 22 10.3 6.2-16.5 36 14.9 10.4-20.9
$50,000+ 284 267 94.4 91.0-96.6 14 4.6 2.7- 7.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 7.6 4.4-12.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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