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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,188 215 7.2 6.0- 8.5 227 8.1 6.8- 9.7 746 23.9 21.8-26.1 759 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,241 38.1 35.7-40.5
Medicaid Region 4 755 47 6.1 4.3- 8.4 46 8.2 5.7-11.7 178 23.1 19.5-27.0 195 24.5 21.0-28.4 289 38.2 33.8-42.7
GENDER
Male 336 18 4.3 2.4- 7.4 24 10.5 6.4-16.7 62 17.4 12.7-23.3 83 24.3 18.9-30.5 149 43.6 37.0-50.5
Female 419 29 7.7 5.1-11.4 22 6.2 3.6-10.4 116 28.2 23.1-33.8 112 24.7 20.2-29.8 140 33.3 27.7-39.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 451 21 5.0 3.0- 8.1 27 7.5 4.7-11.9 101 21.7 17.4-26.7 138 31.7 26.6-37.3 164 34.1 28.8-39.8
Non-Hispanic Black 155 12 7.7 4.0-14.1 *** *** *** 40 26.1 18.0-36.2 30 14.8 9.8-21.7 66 44.4 34.9-54.4
Other 137 12 6.3 3.2-12.0 11 12.6 6.0-24.7 36 25.3 17.2-35.6 23 12.8 7.8-20.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 268 23 7.5 4.8-11.7 25 13.5 8.5-20.8 70 22.8 17.7-28.8 73 26.7 21.0-33.3 77 29.5 23.1-36.8
45-64 264 17 5.8 3.2-10.3 18 6.2 3.6-10.4 69 26.0 19.9-33.2 65 21.6 16.4-27.9 95 40.4 33.0-48.3
65+ 213 *** *** *** *** *** *** 39 20.4 13.3-29.9 51 22.6 16.3-30.6 113 51.9 42.9-60.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 13 5.6 3.1-10.0 12 9.5 4.8-18.0 48 26.7 19.4-35.6 29 15.0 10.0-21.9 86 43.1 34.6-52.0
Some Post-H.S. 170 17 9.6 5.6-15.8 14 9.4 4.7-17.7 35 18.5 12.8-26.0 42 24.4 17.6-32.8 62 38.2 29.2-48.0
College Graduate 393 17 4.1 2.2- 7.4 20 6.4 3.9-10.4 94 23.4 18.9-28.5 123 32.8 27.3-38.7 139 33.4 28.1-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 22 11.3 7.1-17.4 14 10.6 5.4-19.7 46 23.6 16.8-32.1 32 17.2 11.5-25.0 71 37.3 28.4-47.1
$50,000+ 423 13 3.0 1.5- 5.8 28 9.1 5.7-14.3 105 24.1 19.5-29.3 121 27.0 22.2-32.5 156 36.8 31.1-43.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 147 12 8.4 4.4-15.6 *** *** *** 27 19.7 12.0-30.7 42 26.0 18.5-35.2 62 42.8 33.5-52.7

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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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