2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,079 637 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,442 85.2 83.5-86.7
Medicaid Region 2 577 96 15.6 11.6-20.5 481 84.4 79.5-88.4
GENDER
Male 249 26 8.2 5.2-12.8 223 91.8 87.2-94.8
Female 328 70 22.3 15.8-30.4 258 77.7 69.6-84.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 66 15.5 11.0-21.3 343 84.5 78.7-89.0
Non-Hispanic Black 85 16 11.4 6.2-20.2 69 88.6 79.8-93.8
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 183 25 16.5 9.8-26.4 158 83.5 73.6-90.2
45-64 204 33 13.3 8.8-19.6 171 86.7 80.4-91.2
65+ 179 37 17.6 10.9-27.2 142 82.4 72.8-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 36 20.9 13.3-31.2 150 79.1 68.8-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 142 14 9.4 5.1-16.8 128 90.6 83.2-94.9
College Graduate 245 44 14.2 10.0-19.6 201 85.8 80.4-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 33 14.1 9.4-20.7 151 85.9 79.3-90.6
$50,000+ 246 31 12.9 7.5-21.4 215 87.1 78.6-92.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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