2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^
Always/Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,539 168 5.5 4.4- 6.8 305 9.4 8.1-10.7 269 8.1 6.9- 9.6 2,797 77.1 75.0-79.0
Medicaid Region 5 806 54 6.0 4.1- 8.7 68 7.9 5.6-11.1 82 12.2 9.3-15.8 602 73.9 69.4-78.0
GENDER
Male 372 18 2.7 1.4- 5.2 28 7.4 4.2-12.5 36 14.2 9.7-20.3 290 75.8 68.9-81.5
Female 434 36 9.1 5.8-13.9 40 8.5 5.5-12.9 46 10.3 7.1-14.8 312 72.1 65.9-77.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 415 28 7.5 4.8-11.4 16 4.7 2.6- 8.5 34 8.6 5.8-12.4 337 79.3 73.9-83.8
Non-Hispanic Black 156 *** *** *** 20 11.2 5.7-21.1 24 19.2 11.5-30.2 *** *** ***
Other 215 22 8.7 3.7-19.0 32 16.8 10.3-26.3 21 14.7 8.2-25.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 270 15 5.5 2.8-10.3 31 9.9 5.9-16.1 42 17.1 11.8-24.2 182 67.5 59.5-74.7
45-64 273 21 6.5 3.4-12.1 23 7.2 4.0-12.7 24 10.6 6.5-16.6 205 75.7 68.1-82.0
65+ 250 18 6.6 3.4-12.5 13 5.4 2.6-10.9 16 6.6 3.7-11.6 203 81.4 73.9-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 25 5.8 3.2-10.5 43 12.0 7.7-18.1 35 15.6 10.4-22.6 174 66.6 58.3-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 274 19 6.6 3.6-11.9 24 9.1 5.2-15.3 27 12.4 7.7-19.1 204 71.9 63.9-78.8
College Graduate 254 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 6.6 3.9-11.1 224 88.2 82.0-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 306 36 8.7 5.3-14.0 51 16.7 11.4-23.9 42 17.1 11.7-24.3 177 57.4 49.2-65.3
$50,000+ 317 11 4.2 2.0- 8.3 *** *** *** 20 6.6 3.9-11.0 284 87.9 82.3-91.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 183 *** *** *** 15 6.3 3.1-12.5 20 15.2 8.8-24.9 141 73.4 63.1-81.7

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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.

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