2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 723 617 84.3 80.7-87.4 46 7.2 5.0-10.1 60 8.5 6.3-11.3
GENDER
Male 294 234 82.3 77.0-86.6 23 7.0 4.2-11.5 37 10.7 7.6-14.8
Female 429 383 86.2 80.7-90.3 23 7.3 4.4-11.8 23 6.5 3.8-11.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 367 89.6 85.4-92.7 22 6.9 4.4-10.8 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1
Non-Hispanic Black 141 129 90.2 81.4-95.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 171 *** *** *** 15 5.7 2.9-11.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 190 135 75.9 68.5-82.0 22 10.9 6.8-16.9 33 13.2 8.9-19.3
45-64 229 189 84.8 78.6-89.4 16 6.0 3.1-11.5 24 9.2 6.0-13.8
65+ 287 278 97.0 93.2-98.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 272 218 80.1 73.5-85.5 13 4.8 2.3- 9.8 41 15.1 10.6-21.0
Some Post-H.S. 194 164 84.5 77.5-89.6 21 11.4 6.9-18.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 254 233 91.1 86.0-94.5 12 5.6 2.9-10.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 291 225 71.0 63.4-77.6 28 13.3 8.6-20.1 38 15.7 10.9-22.1
$50,000+ 261 252 96.1 91.9-98.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 171 140 83.8 75.5-89.7 *** *** *** 22 13.1 7.7-21.3

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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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