2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Medicaid Region 5 954 87 6.2 4.6- 8.4 867 93.8 91.6-95.4
GENDER
Male 402 43 6.4 4.1- 9.9 359 93.6 90.1-95.9
Female 552 44 6.0 4.0- 9.1 508 94.0 90.9-96.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 44 7.4 5.1-10.5 362 92.6 89.5-94.9
Non-Hispanic Black 162 *** *** *** 155 97.2 93.4-98.8
Other 373 36 7.6 3.7-15.2 337 92.4 84.8-96.3
AGE
18-44 312 *** *** *** 302 97.6 95.0-98.9
45-64 341 29 8.2 5.0-13.2 312 91.8 86.8-95.0
65+ 287 47 11.4 7.2-17.4 240 88.6 82.6-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 23 3.8 2.0- 7.0 286 96.2 93.0-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 299 33 8.0 4.9-12.8 266 92.0 87.2-95.1
College Graduate 344 30 6.5 4.0-10.5 314 93.5 89.5-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 36 4.8 2.8- 8.0 320 95.2 92.0-97.2
$50,000+ 390 30 7.7 4.9-11.9 360 92.3 88.1-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 208 21 5.9 3.1-11.0 187 94.1 89.0-96.9

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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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