2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 809 61 8.5 6.1-11.7 56 8.2 5.8-11.4 195 26.0 21.2-31.3 178 23.3 18.8-28.6 319 34.0 28.9-39.5
GENDER
Male 325 22 8.2 4.7-13.9 22 8.0 4.8-12.9 70 24.3 17.3-33.0 62 22.6 15.9-31.0 149 36.9 28.8-45.8
Female 484 39 8.7 5.8-13.0 34 8.4 5.2-13.2 125 27.4 21.4-34.3 116 24.0 18.2-30.8 170 31.5 25.3-38.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 28 9.7 6.4-14.4 27 8.1 5.2-12.3 81 26.2 20.1-33.4 79 24.9 19.0-31.9 106 31.1 24.6-38.5
Non-Hispanic Black 139 12 8.7 4.3-17.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 337 20 5.2 2.1-12.5 20 8.4 3.8-17.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 241 28 10.8 6.8-16.9 23 10.7 6.6-16.9 62 29.2 21.8-37.9 59 28.9 21.1-38.3 69 20.4 14.3-28.2
45-64 304 22 9.7 5.5-16.7 22 9.2 5.1-16.1 81 31.0 22.8-40.4 61 18.7 12.4-27.2 118 31.4 23.1-41.2
65+ 254 11 3.9 1.8- 8.0 11 3.6 1.5- 8.7 52 16.3 8.8-28.4 55 20.7 13.3-30.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 23 6.8 3.7-12.2 20 7.7 4.4-13.4 72 27.9 19.4-38.3 42 19.9 12.3-30.6 105 37.7 28.3-48.2
Some Post-H.S. 259 21 11.2 6.8-18.0 16 5.8 2.8-11.7 62 27.7 20.3-36.6 67 26.4 19.1-35.2 93 28.8 21.4-37.6
College Graduate 286 17 7.6 4.0-14.1 20 12.1 7.1-19.8 61 21.2 15.3-28.5 69 24.8 18.4-32.7 119 34.3 26.7-42.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 304 33 13.1 8.2-20.3 26 7.3 4.0-13.0 75 29.9 20.8-40.9 61 15.0 8.8-24.2 109 34.8 25.5-45.3
$50,000+ 326 16 8.1 4.7-13.8 22 9.7 5.9-15.5 67 23.9 17.8-31.3 81 27.8 21.2-35.4 140 30.5 23.8-38.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 179 12 3.1 1.4- 7.0 *** *** *** 53 24.3 15.6-35.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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