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%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,221 95 3.4 2.5- 4.5 119 3.5 2.8- 4.5 729 23.0 20.9-25.2 896 27.1 24.9-29.3 1,382 43.0 40.6-45.5
Medicaid Region 5 814 31 5.9 3.6- 9.7 31 5.7 3.2-10.0 190 24.8 20.3-29.8 195 21.8 17.8-26.5 367 41.8 36.4-47.4
GENDER
Male 328 15 6.9 3.5-13.1 14 7.3 3.2-15.7 57 18.3 12.7-25.6 68 21.1 15.1-28.5 174 46.6 37.8-55.5
Female 486 16 5.1 2.4-10.6 17 4.4 2.1- 9.0 133 30.2 23.9-37.4 127 22.5 17.3-28.6 193 37.7 31.2-44.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 324 15 6.3 3.1-12.6 12 4.1 2.0- 8.2 72 25.6 19.4-32.9 96 27.6 21.8-34.3 129 36.4 29.7-43.6
Non-Hispanic Black 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** 33 21.0 13.6-30.9 21 12.6 6.6-22.8 *** *** ***
Other 339 *** *** *** 14 7.5 3.4-16.0 *** *** *** 75 16.0 9.5-25.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 243 12 7.9 4.0-15.3 18 6.9 3.6-12.8 64 29.0 21.5-37.7 68 22.4 16.4-29.8 81 33.8 25.8-42.7
45-64 305 *** *** *** *** *** *** 68 25.9 18.3-35.2 65 20.0 13.6-28.5 154 43.5 34.4-53.1
65+ 255 *** *** *** *** *** *** 58 18.2 11.6-27.4 58 23.0 14.9-33.8 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 15 7.4 3.2-16.2 15 9.3 4.3-18.9 72 27.3 19.4-36.8 42 14.3 8.5-23.1 122 41.7 32.0-52.1
Some Post-H.S. 260 11 5.8 2.9-11.1 *** *** *** 58 24.1 16.9-33.2 61 23.0 16.5-31.0 121 43.2 34.5-52.3
College Graduate 287 *** *** *** *** *** *** 60 21.9 15.6-29.8 92 31.7 24.4-40.0 123 40.1 32.1-48.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 18 12.4 6.5-22.3 15 9.6 4.0-21.2 84 26.6 19.1-35.6 65 17.7 11.4-26.5 123 33.8 24.8-44.2
$50,000+ 328 *** *** *** 11 4.7 2.1-10.3 61 23.9 17.5-31.7 93 26.7 20.5-34.1 159 43.3 35.8-51.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 181 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 37 19.0 11.8-29.0 *** *** ***

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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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