2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Longterm Covid Effects

Do you currently have symptoms lasting 3 months or longer that you did not have prior to having coronavirus or COVID-19?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,063 300 13.2 11.4-15.2 1,763 86.8 84.8-88.6
Medicaid Region 5 489 94 20.1 15.1-26.3 395 79.9 73.7-84.9
GENDER
Male 192 27 15.2 9.0-24.4 165 84.8 75.6-91.0
Female 297 67 24.1 17.0-32.9 230 75.9 67.1-83.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 215 40 23.6 16.8-32.1 175 76.4 67.9-83.2
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** 61 89.4 78.5-95.1
Other 199 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 34 14.7 9.3-22.4 150 85.3 77.6-90.7
45-64 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 157 38 24.0 15.7-34.9 119 76.0 65.1-84.3
College Graduate 191 29 10.7 6.3-17.7 162 89.3 82.3-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 225 29 17.5 10.8-27.0 196 82.5 73.0-89.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question is only asked of respondents who answered yes to Have you ever tested positive for COVID-19 (using a rapid point- of-care test, self-test, or laboratory test) or been told by a doctor or other health care provider that you have or had COVID-19?

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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