2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 576 485 82.5 77.9-86.3 36 8.0 5.1-12.4 55 9.5 7.1-12.5
GENDER
Male 275 223 80.7 74.9-85.5 15 5.7 3.4- 9.4 37 13.6 9.6-19.0
Female 301 262 84.1 76.5-89.6 21 10.0 5.3-18.2 18 5.8 3.5- 9.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 328 88.7 82.4-93.0 19 6.2 2.9-12.9 16 5.1 3.0- 8.5
Non-Hispanic Black 119 99 77.6 66.4-85.9 11 13.8 7.2-24.9 *** *** ***
Other 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 215 161 73.8 66.4-80.0 19 10.2 6.2-16.4 35 16.0 11.2-22.3
45-64 195 163 81.8 71.4-88.9 13 10.2 4.3-22.3 19 8.0 4.8-13.1
65+ 153 149 98.4 95.3-99.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 100 69.1 58.8-77.8 11 10.6 4.6-22.6 38 20.3 14.3-28.1
Some Post-H.S. 134 113 85.9 77.6-91.5 11 9.4 4.7-17.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 292 272 92.7 88.8-95.4 14 4.5 2.6- 7.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 150 71.9 64.1-78.5 15 8.5 4.6-15.1 40 19.7 14.2-26.6
$50,000+ 254 240 94.8 91.0-97.1 12 4.7 2.6- 8.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 117 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 10.0 5.3-18.0

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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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