2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 560 91 20.8 16.3-26.0 469 79.2 74.0-83.7
GENDER
Male 241 26 11.1 7.0-17.0 215 88.9 83.0-93.0
Female 319 65 29.6 22.6-37.6 254 70.4 62.4-77.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 397 67 23.5 17.8-30.2 330 76.5 69.8-82.2
Non-Hispanic Black 82 12 15.9 8.4-28.1 70 84.1 71.9-91.6
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 181 42 26.1 18.9-34.8 139 73.9 65.2-81.1
45-64 201 28 14.7 9.4-22.2 173 85.3 77.8-90.6
65+ 169 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 46 30.3 21.9-40.1 134 69.7 59.9-78.1
Some Post-H.S. 136 25 18.5 12.0-27.6 111 81.5 72.4-88.0
College Graduate 241 20 9.7 6.0-15.4 221 90.3 84.6-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 42 27.1 19.8-35.8 142 72.9 64.2-80.2
$50,000+ 241 21 11.7 7.2-18.5 220 88.3 81.5-92.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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