2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,860 301 5.8 5.0- 6.7 4,559 94.2 93.3-95.0
Medicaid Region 5 1,176 94 7.6 6.0- 9.8 1,082 92.4 90.2-94.0
GENDER
Male 519 39 7.1 4.9-10.2 480 92.9 89.8-95.1
Female 657 55 8.1 5.8-11.3 602 91.9 88.7-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 656 39 6.6 4.5- 9.5 617 93.4 90.5-95.5
Non-Hispanic Black 266 32 10.2 6.7-15.4 234 89.8 84.6-93.3
Other 240 21 6.6 3.8-11.0 219 93.4 89.0-96.2
AGE
18-44 370 18 5.4 3.2- 9.0 352 94.6 91.0-96.8
45-64 354 38 11.4 7.9-16.0 316 88.6 84.0-92.1
65+ 425 37 7.3 4.8-10.9 388 92.7 89.1-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 431 44 10.3 7.2-14.5 387 89.7 85.5-92.8
Some Post-H.S. 342 32 7.7 5.1-11.2 310 92.3 88.8-94.9
College Graduate 399 18 2.9 1.7- 5.2 381 97.1 94.8-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 57 12.7 9.4-17.0 412 87.3 83.0-90.6
$50,000+ 439 *** *** *** 430 98.6 96.6-99.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 268 28 10.1 6.3-15.9 240 89.9 84.1-93.7

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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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