2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,984 242 5.9 4.9- 7.0 3,742 94.1 93.0-95.1
Medicaid Region 5 953 70 6.7 4.6- 9.8 883 93.3 90.2-95.4
GENDER
Male 401 28 6.0 3.5-10.2 373 94.0 89.8-96.5
Female 552 42 7.4 4.4-12.2 510 92.6 87.8-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 403 27 6.5 3.8-10.9 376 93.5 89.1-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 161 15 9.5 4.9-17.5 146 90.5 82.5-95.1
Other 375 28 5.0 2.3-10.8 347 95.0 89.2-97.7
AGE
18-44 314 20 4.8 2.5- 8.8 294 95.2 91.2-97.5
45-64 340 28 9.2 4.9-16.6 312 90.8 83.4-95.1
65+ 285 22 7.9 3.9-15.5 263 92.1 84.5-96.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 311 35 8.5 4.8-14.7 276 91.5 85.3-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 297 18 6.2 3.2-11.8 279 93.8 88.2-96.8
College Graduate 343 17 4.8 2.3- 9.8 326 95.2 90.2-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 37 10.4 6.1-17.2 318 89.6 82.8-93.9
$50,000+ 390 16 3.7 1.8- 7.2 374 96.3 92.8-98.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 208 17 6.7 2.9-14.7 191 93.3 85.3-97.1

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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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