2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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%)
North Carolina 3,208 138 4.7 3.8- 5.8 287 8.9 7.6-10.5 229 7.5 6.3- 8.9 2,554 78.9 76.8-80.8
Medicaid Region 5 806 41 5.3 3.4- 8.1 77 12.0 7.8-17.9 58 9.1 6.1-13.4 630 73.6 67.8-78.7
GENDER
Male 326 14 4.0 1.7- 8.9 22 11.8 5.5-23.6 18 3.7 1.7- 7.8 272 80.6 71.2-87.4
Female 480 27 6.5 3.9-10.6 55 12.1 7.7-18.5 40 13.8 8.9-20.8 358 67.6 60.0-74.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 19 6.3 3.5-10.9 21 6.8 3.8-12.0 17 5.5 2.7-10.9 264 81.4 74.6-86.8
Non-Hispanic Black 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 17.4 9.8-28.8 *** *** ***
Other 337 12 3.0 1.1- 8.1 33 13.5 6.4-26.2 23 9.9 4.3-21.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 240 16 7.0 3.7-12.8 25 13.8 6.9-25.5 29 11.2 6.6-18.4 170 68.0 58.6-76.1
45-64 304 14 4.7 2.1- 9.9 33 8.7 4.8-15.3 22 13.6 7.3-23.9 235 73.0 63.0-81.1
65+ 253 11 3.6 1.5- 8.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 16 6.4 3.1-12.6 *** *** *** 21 10.2 5.1-19.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 259 14 5.3 2.7-10.2 21 6.0 3.3-10.7 24 10.9 6.1-18.7 200 77.8 69.5-84.3
College Graduate 284 11 3.8 1.4- 9.5 *** *** *** 13 5.2 2.4-10.8 250 86.7 79.0-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 301 29 11.9 7.0-19.4 48 18.9 11.3-29.9 35 15.8 9.3-25.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 327 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 6.4 3.2-12.3 298 90.1 84.1-94.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 178 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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