2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 574 490 84.6 80.5-87.9 37 7.3 5.0-10.5 47 8.2 5.8-11.4
GENDER
Male 245 203 83.0 76.4-88.1 18 7.5 4.4-12.7 24 9.4 5.8-15.1
Female 329 287 86.0 80.7-90.0 19 7.0 4.2-11.5 23 6.9 4.3-11.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 347 316 88.1 82.6-92.1 13 4.4 2.4- 8.1 18 7.5 4.3-12.6
Non-Hispanic Black 139 121 87.1 79.2-92.3 14 10.1 5.5-17.6 *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 176 130 76.2 68.1-82.8 19 9.9 5.9-16.2 27 13.8 8.9-20.9
45-64 192 160 85.0 78.4-89.9 15 8.1 4.5-14.3 17 6.8 4.0-11.4
65+ 189 187 98.2 91.0-99.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 159 79.3 71.9-85.2 15 8.3 4.8-14.0 30 12.4 7.9-18.8
Some Post-H.S. 156 136 85.8 78.1-91.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 207 191 93.1 88.4-96.0 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 168 78.3 70.4-84.6 20 10.0 6.2-16.0 22 11.6 7.0-18.8
$50,000+ 216 206 94.7 89.4-97.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 114 79.5 70.4-86.3 11 8.8 4.4-16.9 21 11.7 7.0-18.9

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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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