2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,075 663 16.1 14.6-17.7 1,342 32.6 30.7-34.7 1,278 31.9 29.9-34.0 584 14.4 12.8-16.1 208 5.0 4.1- 6.1
Medicaid Region 5 974 156 16.2 13.0-19.9 271 28.1 24.1-32.5 305 32.0 27.6-36.8 179 18.1 14.1-23.0 63 5.6 3.3- 9.1
GENDER
Male 409 74 18.1 13.4-24.2 125 25.9 20.5-32.2 117 29.0 22.6-36.4 70 20.6 14.1-29.0 23 6.3 2.9-13.1
Female 565 82 14.3 10.6-19.1 146 30.1 24.7-36.2 188 34.9 29.1-41.2 109 15.8 11.5-21.4 40 4.8 2.6- 8.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 75 16.3 12.4-21.1 140 32.3 27.0-38.1 126 31.9 26.2-38.2 54 15.7 11.0-21.8 15 3.8 1.7- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 165 16 12.2 6.3-22.0 32 19.3 12.6-28.5 *** *** *** 41 23.0 15.1-33.4 11 10.2 4.3-22.2
Other 384 61 20.0 12.6-30.1 96 26.5 17.6-37.8 109 27.6 18.8-38.5 *** *** *** 35 3.2 1.5- 6.6
AGE
18-44 320 67 19.3 14.2-25.6 106 32.8 26.3-39.9 91 29.7 23.2-37.2 46 15.7 9.9-24.0 *** *** ***
45-64 345 51 14.9 9.9-21.9 92 27.8 21.0-35.8 104 29.6 22.2-38.2 70 20.6 13.8-29.6 28 7.1 3.5-13.7
65+ 293 35 12.5 7.7-19.7 68 19.5 13.4-27.5 105 40.8 31.6-50.7 61 19.2 12.1-29.0 24 8.0 3.0-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 42 17.0 11.4-24.4 61 18.4 13.0-25.4 106 35.1 27.0-44.2 74 20.8 14.1-29.8 36 8.7 4.4-16.6
Some Post-H.S. 301 43 12.4 8.1-18.4 79 34.3 26.8-42.6 99 30.2 23.3-38.0 62 19.7 12.7-29.4 18 3.4 1.3- 8.6
College Graduate 351 70 19.1 14.4-25.0 130 34.6 28.2-41.6 99 30.3 24.0-37.5 43 12.2 7.9-18.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 39 13.2 8.5-19.8 71 17.9 12.5-25.0 113 31.4 24.0-40.0 91 27.6 20.2-36.4 42 9.8 5.0-18.4
$50,000+ 394 80 17.6 13.0-23.5 142 38.6 32.1-45.4 123 33.0 26.8-40.0 43 8.5 5.6-12.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 34 18.0 11.6-26.8 58 26.2 18.4-35.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 5.1 2.0-12.7

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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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