2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 735 119 13.6 11.2-16.5 616 86.4 83.5-88.8
GENDER
Male 354 48 10.8 7.9-14.6 306 89.2 85.4-92.1
Female 381 71 16.2 12.6-20.6 310 83.8 79.4-87.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 469 74 13.1 10.2-16.7 395 86.9 83.3-89.8
Non-Hispanic Black 128 29 18.2 12.2-26.1 99 81.8 73.9-87.8
Other 121 11 6.8 3.5-12.8 110 93.2 87.2-96.5
AGE
18-44 297 17 5.2 3.2- 8.4 280 94.8 91.6-96.8
45-64 227 41 18.2 13.3-24.4 186 81.8 75.6-86.7
65+ 186 59 29.1 22.3-36.9 127 70.9 63.1-77.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 57 20.0 15.2-25.9 169 80.0 74.1-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 197 30 11.5 7.8-16.6 167 88.5 83.4-92.2
College Graduate 309 31 7.7 5.2-11.0 278 92.3 89.0-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 62 23.3 17.9-29.9 166 76.7 70.1-82.1
$50,000+ 356 34 7.1 4.9-10.1 322 92.9 89.9-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 151 23 13.8 8.9-20.8 128 86.2 79.2-91.1

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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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