2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
Medicaid Region 3 512 64 13.2 9.6-17.7 448 86.8 82.3-90.4
GENDER
Male 243 26 13.3 8.0-21.2 217 86.7 78.8-92.0
Female 269 38 13.0 8.8-18.8 231 87.0 81.2-91.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 290 30 12.5 8.0-18.9 260 87.5 81.1-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 112 14 12.2 5.5-24.7 98 87.8 75.3-94.5
Other 99 17 15.8 8.8-26.7 82 84.2 73.3-91.2
AGE
18-44 207 33 15.5 10.2-22.7 174 84.5 77.3-89.8
45-64 163 18 12.5 6.6-22.4 145 87.5 77.6-93.4
65+ 132 11 8.6 3.8-18.5 121 91.4 81.5-96.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 23 19.1 11.7-29.6 125 80.9 70.4-88.3
Some Post-H.S. 139 20 10.9 6.5-17.7 119 89.1 82.3-93.5
College Graduate 221 21 9.1 5.2-15.5 200 90.9 84.5-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 29 21.2 13.5-31.7 125 78.8 68.3-86.5
$50,000+ 240 23 10.5 6.2-17.4 217 89.5 82.6-93.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 12 8.4 4.1-16.5 106 91.6 83.5-95.9

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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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