2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Medicaid Region 3 517 41 6.9 4.2-11.0 476 93.1 89.0-95.8
GENDER
Male 247 21 9.5 4.9-17.7 226 90.5 82.3-95.1
Female 270 20 4.4 2.5- 7.7 250 95.6 92.3-97.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 293 29 9.0 5.0-15.6 264 91.0 84.4-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 113 *** *** *** 105 94.4 85.8-97.9
Other 100 *** *** *** 96 97.7 92.8-99.3
AGE
18-44 211 *** *** *** 207 95.6 84.4-98.9
45-64 164 *** *** *** 155 95.6 90.4-98.1
65+ 132 27 17.0 10.8-25.7 105 83.0 74.3-89.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 14 7.5 3.9-13.7 136 92.5 86.3-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 140 12 8.0 2.8-20.8 128 92.0 79.2-97.2
College Graduate 223 15 5.1 2.9- 9.1 208 94.9 90.9-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 19 13.3 6.3-26.0 136 86.7 74.0-93.7
$50,000+ 243 12 4.5 2.3- 8.6 231 95.5 91.4-97.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 119 *** *** *** 109 96.3 92.5-98.2

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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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