2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
Medicaid Region 1 492 96 17.1 13.1-22.1 396 82.9 77.9-86.9
GENDER
Male 207 35 14.1 9.2-21.1 172 85.9 78.9-90.8
Female 285 61 20.0 14.1-27.7 224 80.0 72.3-85.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 403 74 17.6 13.2-23.0 329 82.4 77.0-86.8
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 118 *** *** *** 112 94.5 87.6-97.7
45-64 164 40 21.0 13.3-31.6 124 79.0 68.4-86.7
65+ 201 49 27.9 19.5-38.2 152 72.1 61.8-80.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 40 23.2 15.0-34.0 95 76.8 66.0-85.0
Some Post-H.S. 156 32 13.9 8.8-21.2 124 86.1 78.8-91.2
College Graduate 199 24 12.2 7.1-20.3 175 87.8 79.7-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 49 24.0 16.2-34.2 121 76.0 65.8-83.8
$50,000+ 206 18 7.9 4.4-13.7 188 92.1 86.3-95.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 29 20.1 12.1-31.6 87 79.9 68.4-87.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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