2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,328 2,875 84.4 82.4-86.2 231 8.3 6.8-10.0 222 7.3 6.2- 8.6
Medicaid Region 5 842 723 86.3 82.1-89.6 51 6.1 3.9- 9.3 68 7.7 5.4-10.8
GENDER
Male 337 277 84.8 77.7-89.9 22 6.3 3.4-11.4 38 8.9 5.2-14.9
Female 505 446 87.4 82.0-91.4 29 5.9 3.1-10.8 30 6.6 4.1-10.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 325 303 92.5 86.5-95.9 12 4.1 1.8- 9.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 144 126 89.1 81.5-93.8 13 8.2 4.3-15.2 *** *** ***
Other 360 *** *** *** 25 9.7 4.1-21.0 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 256 195 79.8 71.5-86.1 22 6.6 3.4-12.4 39 13.6 8.7-20.7
45-64 315 263 84.0 76.3-89.6 26 9.9 5.3-17.6 26 6.1 3.5-10.4
65+ 257 252 98.8 95.5-99.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 208 77.8 68.6-85.0 22 8.8 4.5-16.7 46 13.3 8.4-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 265 237 89.7 83.2-93.9 12 4.2 1.8- 9.3 16 6.1 3.1-11.7
College Graduate 298 275 94.0 89.8-96.5 17 4.6 2.5- 8.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 312 250 77.9 68.4-85.2 24 8.1 3.8-16.5 38 14.0 8.5-22.1
$50,000+ 334 306 90.5 85.1-94.1 19 7.4 4.3-12.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 189 160 89.7 82.8-94.0 *** *** *** 21 8.9 4.9-15.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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