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 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
Medicaid Region 5 1,173 249 17.2 14.8-19.9 924 82.8 80.1-85.2
GENDER
Male 518 85 14.0 10.9-17.8 433 86.0 82.2-89.1
Female 655 164 20.1 16.7-24.1 491 79.9 75.9-83.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 654 113 15.4 12.5-18.8 541 84.6 81.2-87.5
Non-Hispanic Black 266 88 27.5 21.4-34.5 178 72.5 65.5-78.6
Other 240 48 11.3 7.0-17.7 192 88.7 82.3-93.0
AGE
18-44 370 28 7.3 4.8-10.9 342 92.7 89.1-95.2
45-64 353 81 23.3 18.4-29.0 272 76.7 71.0-81.6
65+ 424 139 30.2 24.9-36.0 285 69.8 64.0-75.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 428 113 21.0 16.7-25.9 315 79.0 74.1-83.3
Some Post-H.S. 343 86 17.7 13.8-22.5 257 82.3 77.5-86.2
College Graduate 399 50 9.6 6.8-13.4 349 90.4 86.6-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 467 148 24.4 20.1-29.2 319 75.6 70.8-79.9
$50,000+ 439 31 6.7 4.4-10.1 408 93.3 89.9-95.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 267 70 23.5 17.7-30.5 197 76.5 69.5-82.3

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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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