2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Care Access

Adults who had some form of health insurance

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,018 3,699 90.8 89.5-92.0 319 9.2 8.0-10.5
Medicaid Region 5 965 884 92.4 89.7-94.5 81 7.6 5.5-10.3
GENDER
Male 408 360 90.8 86.0-94.1 48 9.2 5.9-14.0
Female 557 524 93.9 90.5-96.1 33 6.1 3.9- 9.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 396 96.3 92.5-98.2 13 3.7 1.8- 7.5
Non-Hispanic Black 161 153 96.0 91.0-98.3 *** *** ***
Other 380 322 74.4 63.9-82.7 58 25.6 17.3-36.1
AGE
18-44 319 269 88.0 82.5-92.0 50 12.0 8.0-17.5
45-64 340 311 92.9 88.6-95.7 29 7.1 4.3-11.4
65+ 291 289 99.5 97.0-99.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 313 261 87.1 81.1-91.4 52 12.9 8.6-18.9
Some Post-H.S. 300 280 93.8 89.1-96.6 20 6.2 3.4-10.9
College Graduate 349 340 98.3 96.0-99.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 357 311 88.0 81.7-92.4 46 12.0 7.6-18.3
$50,000+ 393 381 96.8 93.3-98.5 12 3.2 1.5- 6.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 206 183 91.2 85.1-94.9 23 8.8 5.1-14.9

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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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