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 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
Medicaid Region 4 939 119 9.8 7.8-12.1 820 90.2 87.9-92.2
GENDER
Male 431 42 7.4 5.0-10.7 389 92.6 89.3-95.0
Female 508 77 12.0 9.2-15.7 431 88.0 84.3-90.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 560 59 7.9 5.7-10.9 501 92.1 89.1-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 181 38 16.0 10.9-22.8 143 84.0 77.2-89.1
Other 183 20 7.7 4.5-12.8 163 92.3 87.2-95.5
AGE
18-44 371 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 359 97.8 95.9-98.8
45-64 303 40 12.1 8.6-16.8 263 87.9 83.2-91.4
65+ 253 67 24.8 18.2-32.7 186 75.2 67.3-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 35 12.1 8.0-17.8 191 87.9 82.2-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 206 43 13.6 9.6-18.8 163 86.4 81.2-90.4
College Graduate 502 40 5.5 3.7- 8.3 462 94.5 91.7-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 55 17.4 12.6-23.6 185 82.6 76.4-87.4
$50,000+ 523 42 5.7 4.0- 8.0 481 94.3 92.0-96.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 176 22 11.8 6.9-19.6 154 88.2 80.4-93.1

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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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