2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months when seeking health care, do you feel your experiences were worse than, the same as, or better than for people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^
Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races Don't know/not sure/refused
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,198 120 3.9 3.0- 5.0 2,264 71.8 69.6-73.9 355 9.9 8.7-11.2 459 14.4 12.7-16.3
Medicaid Region 4 751 31 4.6 3.0- 6.9 489 68.2 64.0-72.2 125 15.2 12.3-18.5 106 12.0 9.5-15.1
GENDER
Male 335 *** *** *** 231 71.1 64.6-76.8 46 13.5 9.4-18.9 48 12.2 8.6-17.1
Female 416 21 5.8 3.5- 9.5 258 65.7 60.0-70.9 79 16.7 13.0-21.2 58 11.8 8.6-15.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 447 *** *** *** 288 68.7 63.4-73.5 97 19.9 16.0-24.5 61 11.0 8.1-15.0
Non-Hispanic Black 156 21 13.9 8.6-21.6 102 65.0 54.8-73.9 13 10.6 5.3-20.1 20 10.6 6.1-17.6
Other 136 *** *** *** 94 75.9 66.5-83.4 13 5.6 3.0-10.3 20 12.6 7.4-20.6
AGE
18-44 267 15 5.2 3.0- 8.8 163 63.3 56.3-69.8 47 17.5 12.7-23.6 42 14.0 9.9-19.6
45-64 261 11 5.0 2.4-10.2 180 73.1 66.4-78.9 42 13.9 9.9-19.2 28 8.0 5.2-12.1
65+ 213 *** *** *** 140 70.5 61.6-78.1 34 12.9 8.3-19.6 34 13.5 8.4-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 *** *** *** 132 72.7 64.2-79.8 14 7.7 3.8-14.9 32 15.5 10.3-22.5
Some Post-H.S. 171 11 6.9 3.5-13.1 123 72.0 63.2-79.3 18 11.4 7.0-18.0 19 9.8 5.6-16.6
College Graduate 390 12 3.3 1.6- 6.7 231 61.6 55.8-67.1 93 24.4 19.7-29.8 54 10.7 7.9-14.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 15 8.6 4.9-14.9 119 66.0 56.5-74.3 19 11.3 6.0-20.3 31 14.1 9.1-21.1
$50,000+ 421 13 3.5 1.8- 6.7 274 69.2 63.7-74.2 89 18.4 14.6-22.9 45 8.9 6.1-12.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 *** *** *** 96 68.3 58.4-76.9 17 11.0 6.1-18.9 30 17.9 11.7-26.3

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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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