2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Medicaid Region 4 940 51 4.2 3.1- 5.8 889 95.8 94.2-96.9
GENDER
Male 432 21 3.8 2.4- 6.0 411 96.2 94.0-97.6
Female 508 30 4.6 3.0- 7.0 478 95.4 93.0-97.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 562 24 2.9 1.9- 4.6 538 97.1 95.4-98.1
Non-Hispanic Black 183 16 7.5 4.3-12.8 167 92.5 87.2-95.7
Other 180 *** *** *** 170 96.2 92.4-98.1
AGE
18-44 371 17 3.1 1.9- 5.0 354 96.9 95.0-98.1
45-64 303 17 5.4 3.1- 9.1 286 94.6 90.9-96.9
65+ 254 17 5.4 2.9- 9.7 237 94.6 90.3-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 14 4.1 2.2- 7.5 213 95.9 92.5-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 206 21 7.6 4.7-12.0 185 92.4 88.0-95.3
College Graduate 502 16 2.2 1.3- 3.7 486 97.8 96.3-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 30 9.6 6.4-14.3 211 90.4 85.7-93.6
$50,000+ 525 16 2.4 1.4- 4.1 509 97.6 95.9-98.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 174 *** *** *** 169 97.4 92.6-99.1

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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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