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 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
Medicaid Region 5 949 149 18.6 14.8-23.0 800 81.4 77.0-85.2
GENDER
Male 400 60 19.4 13.8-26.5 340 80.6 73.5-86.2
Female 549 89 17.8 13.0-23.8 460 82.2 76.2-87.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 67 18.1 13.4-24.0 337 81.9 76.0-86.6
Non-Hispanic Black 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 371 47 12.8 7.1-22.1 324 87.2 77.9-92.9
AGE
18-44 312 58 19.6 14.3-26.3 254 80.4 73.7-85.7
45-64 339 55 19.2 13.0-27.5 284 80.8 72.5-87.0
65+ 285 36 17.2 9.6-28.9 249 82.8 71.1-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 64 24.5 17.2-33.6 244 75.5 66.4-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 298 42 16.0 10.9-22.9 256 84.0 77.1-89.1
College Graduate 342 43 13.0 8.6-19.3 299 87.0 80.7-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 72 28.5 20.8-37.6 284 71.5 62.4-79.2
$50,000+ 388 41 10.8 7.2-15.9 347 89.2 84.1-92.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 205 36 17.1 10.1-27.4 169 82.9 72.6-89.9

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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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