2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^
Always/Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,208 138 4.7 3.8- 5.8 287 8.9 7.6-10.5 229 7.5 6.3- 8.9 2,554 78.9 76.8-80.8
Medicaid Region 4 763 30 4.1 2.8- 6.1 58 7.3 5.2-10.3 49 5.7 4.2- 7.8 626 82.8 79.3-85.9
GENDER
Male 340 12 3.3 1.8- 6.2 14 5.8 2.8-11.8 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 296 86.3 80.5-90.6
Female 423 18 4.8 2.9- 8.0 44 8.6 6.2-12.0 31 6.8 4.6- 9.9 330 79.7 75.0-83.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 453 11 2.4 1.3- 4.5 12 2.4 1.3- 4.4 26 5.0 3.3- 7.6 404 90.2 86.9-92.8
Non-Hispanic Black 159 11 7.5 4.0-13.7 27 17.0 10.2-27.0 19 10.3 6.2-16.7 102 65.2 55.2-74.1
Other 139 *** *** *** 18 10.3 5.9-17.2 *** *** *** 110 82.9 74.3-89.0
AGE
18-44 272 *** *** *** 23 7.2 4.4-11.5 20 6.6 4.1-10.4 221 82.6 76.9-87.1
45-64 265 14 4.0 2.3- 7.0 20 6.5 4.0-10.6 16 5.5 3.2- 9.3 215 83.9 78.6-88.2
65+ 216 *** *** *** 15 9.4 4.0-20.5 13 4.6 2.4- 8.5 181 80.8 71.2-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 17 7.7 4.5-12.8 25 12.7 7.6-20.6 *** *** *** 139 75.5 67.2-82.2
Some Post-H.S. 175 *** *** *** 23 8.7 5.5-13.5 17 8.6 5.1-14.1 128 79.4 72.4-85.0
College Graduate 393 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 5.1 3.2- 8.0 355 91.3 87.7-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 17 10.0 5.9-16.4 40 18.5 12.8-26.1 18 9.2 5.5-15.0 112 62.3 53.2-70.6
$50,000+ 428 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 5.0 3.2- 7.7 385 91.2 87.8-93.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 129 83.8 72.6-91.0

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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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