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 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Medicaid Region 5 950 86 13.2 9.6-17.9 864 86.8 82.1-90.4
GENDER
Male 400 28 13.7 8.4-21.7 372 86.3 78.3-91.6
Female 550 58 12.7 8.4-18.7 492 87.3 81.3-91.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 39 12.9 8.6-19.0 365 87.1 81.0-91.4
Non-Hispanic Black 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 370 29 7.1 3.1-15.5 341 92.9 84.5-96.9
AGE
18-44 313 27 10.4 6.5-16.2 286 89.6 83.8-93.5
45-64 339 30 15.9 9.1-26.4 309 84.1 73.6-90.9
65+ 283 27 14.1 7.0-26.5 256 85.9 73.5-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 34 19.4 12.2-29.5 274 80.6 70.5-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 298 28 10.2 6.0-16.9 270 89.8 83.1-94.0
College Graduate 342 24 8.1 4.6-13.7 318 91.9 86.3-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 357 58 26.9 18.7-37.1 299 73.1 62.9-81.3
$50,000+ 388 15 5.1 2.6- 9.8 373 94.9 90.2-97.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 205 13 6.8 2.9-15.1 192 93.2 84.9-97.1

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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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