2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Demographics

Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,391 255 7.0 5.8- 8.5 4,136 93.0 91.5-94.2
Medicaid Region 5 968 60 6.1 4.4- 8.3 908 93.9 91.7-95.6
GENDER
Male 455 31 7.0 4.6-10.5 424 93.0 89.5-95.4
Female 513 29 5.2 3.2- 8.3 484 94.8 91.7-96.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 507 24 4.5 2.8- 7.2 483 95.5 92.8-97.2
Non-Hispanic Black 183 16 7.7 4.2-13.7 167 92.3 86.3-95.8
Other 254 17 9.1 4.8-16.7 237 90.9 83.3-95.2
AGE
18-44 347 13 4.1 2.2- 7.4 334 95.9 92.6-97.8
45-64 317 22 6.3 3.7-10.8 295 93.7 89.2-96.3
65+ 290 25 9.9 6.1-15.7 265 90.1 84.3-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 336 26 6.7 4.0-10.8 310 93.3 89.2-96.0
Some Post-H.S. 318 24 6.9 4.3-11.1 294 93.1 88.9-95.7
College Graduate 313 *** *** *** 303 96.3 92.4-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 370 28 7.6 4.8-11.8 342 92.4 88.2-95.2
$50,000+ 384 14 3.9 2.0- 7.2 370 96.1 92.8-98.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 214 18 7.6 4.2-13.5 196 92.4 86.5-95.8

Back to Demographics.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 31JUL24.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts