2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 652 39 6.3 4.3- 9.1 613 93.7 90.9-95.7
GENDER
Male 290 15 4.7 2.5- 8.7 275 95.3 91.3-97.5
Female 362 24 7.7 4.8-12.2 338 92.3 87.8-95.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 21 4.7 2.9- 7.6 383 95.3 92.4-97.1
Non-Hispanic Black 145 14 11.2 6.1-19.6 131 88.8 80.4-93.9
Other 86 *** *** *** 82 96.5 89.7-98.8
AGE
18-44 213 *** *** *** 206 96.5 91.9-98.5
45-64 216 14 9.2 4.9-16.4 202 90.8 83.6-95.1
65+ 205 17 8.1 4.8-13.3 188 91.9 86.7-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 15 4.9 2.9- 8.4 220 95.1 91.6-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 181 12 9.1 4.9-16.4 169 90.9 83.6-95.1
College Graduate 229 12 4.4 2.3- 8.3 217 95.6 91.7-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 18 8.4 4.9-14.2 232 91.6 85.8-95.1
$50,000+ 248 *** *** *** 240 98.1 95.8-99.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 154 13 9.4 5.0-17.2 141 90.6 82.8-95.0

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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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