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 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
Medicaid Region 5 952 186 17.2 13.4-21.7 766 82.8 78.3-86.6
GENDER
Male 400 61 17.0 11.5-24.3 339 83.0 75.7-88.5
Female 552 125 17.3 12.6-23.3 427 82.7 76.7-87.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 405 75 17.9 13.2-23.9 330 82.1 76.1-86.8
Non-Hispanic Black 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 373 69 5.1 2.7- 9.3 304 94.9 90.7-97.3
AGE
18-44 314 26 6.2 3.6-10.5 288 93.8 89.5-96.4
45-64 338 73 21.4 14.3-30.8 265 78.6 69.2-85.7
65+ 285 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 75 20.2 13.2-29.6 235 79.8 70.4-86.8
Some Post-H.S. 299 64 16.0 11.0-22.9 235 84.0 77.1-89.0
College Graduate 341 47 14.3 9.7-20.6 294 85.7 79.4-90.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 358 103 27.7 19.8-37.4 255 72.3 62.6-80.2
$50,000+ 388 52 12.5 8.6-17.8 336 87.5 82.2-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 206 31 9.7 4.8-18.4 175 90.3 81.6-95.2

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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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