2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Medicaid Region 2 564 56 7.3 5.2-10.1 508 92.7 89.9-94.8
GENDER
Male 243 26 8.3 5.4-12.5 217 91.7 87.5-94.6
Female 321 30 6.3 3.8-10.5 291 93.7 89.5-96.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 47 8.9 6.3-12.5 354 91.1 87.5-93.7
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** 80 95.4 83.4-98.9
Other 73 *** *** *** 68 96.7 91.4-98.8
AGE
18-44 181 *** *** *** 172 96.1 92.5-98.0
45-64 202 12 4.3 2.2- 8.2 190 95.7 91.8-97.8
65+ 172 35 18.1 11.6-27.1 137 81.9 72.9-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 20 8.1 4.7-13.6 161 91.9 86.4-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 137 *** *** *** 128 95.1 90.2-97.7
College Graduate 243 26 7.9 4.8-12.7 217 92.1 87.3-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 24 8.4 5.1-13.4 161 91.6 86.6-94.9
$50,000+ 241 23 8.0 5.0-12.7 218 92.0 87.3-95.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** 129 95.1 87.6-98.2

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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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