2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,188 215 7.2 6.0- 8.5 227 8.1 6.8- 9.7 746 23.9 21.8-26.1 759 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,241 38.1 35.7-40.5
Medicaid Region 2 480 32 9.0 6.0-13.2 34 8.7 5.7-13.1 116 23.5 19.0-28.8 105 21.9 17.4-27.2 193 36.9 31.7-42.5
GENDER
Male 204 14 9.3 5.0-16.8 *** *** *** 42 21.8 15.4-30.0 45 23.4 16.7-31.9 94 40.8 32.8-49.2
Female 276 18 8.6 5.2-14.1 25 12.4 7.4-19.9 74 25.1 19.1-32.3 60 20.5 15.1-27.3 99 33.4 26.8-40.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 349 23 8.4 5.3-13.1 25 8.8 5.3-14.3 89 26.4 20.6-33.2 79 22.8 17.4-29.2 133 33.6 27.8-39.9
Non-Hispanic Black 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 15.1 8.2-26.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 136 14 12.2 7.1-20.2 15 12.2 6.6-21.6 41 28.7 20.7-38.4 29 21.2 14.4-30.0 37 25.7 18.2-34.9
45-64 178 11 7.7 3.4-16.6 13 8.0 4.0-15.4 52 26.5 19.4-35.1 30 17.2 11.1-25.6 72 40.6 31.9-50.0
65+ 159 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 10.5 4.8-21.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 15 12.9 7.2-22.0 *** *** *** 32 20.5 13.5-29.8 27 19.9 12.9-29.4 66 40.4 31.4-50.1
Some Post-H.S. 124 *** *** *** 14 14.2 7.3-25.7 35 26.7 18.3-37.2 22 19.1 11.5-30.1 44 31.3 22.6-41.5
College Graduate 204 *** *** *** 11 5.6 2.9-10.5 48 24.1 17.6-32.0 56 28.3 21.3-36.5 81 37.9 29.8-46.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 17 13.2 7.7-21.8 13 9.6 5.1-17.3 42 27.3 18.7-37.9 33 22.5 14.7-32.9 44 27.4 19.6-36.8
$50,000+ 213 *** *** *** 13 9.7 4.7-18.7 48 20.4 14.7-27.6 53 24.7 18.4-32.4 92 40.0 32.2-48.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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