2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,727 2,416 88.0 86.2-89.5 311 12.0 10.5-13.8
Medicaid Region 5 659 580 90.0 86.4-92.7 79 10.0 7.3-13.6
GENDER
Male 289 242 87.8 81.5-92.2 47 12.2 7.8-18.5
Female 370 338 92.0 87.5-94.9 32 8.0 5.1-12.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 252 240 94.8 89.4-97.5 12 5.2 2.5-10.6
Non-Hispanic Black 100 92 94.4 87.4-97.6 *** *** ***
Other 296 239 73.4 62.1-82.2 57 26.6 17.8-37.9
AGE
18-44 319 269 88.0 82.5-92.0 50 12.0 8.0-17.5
45-64 340 311 92.9 88.6-95.7 29 7.1 4.3-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 154 82.5 74.5-88.4 51 17.5 11.6-25.5
Some Post-H.S. 213 193 92.2 86.2-95.7 20 7.8 4.3-13.8
College Graduate 239 231 97.7 94.4-99.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 190 83.1 74.6-89.2 45 16.9 10.8-25.4
$50,000+ 301 289 96.0 91.7-98.1 12 4.0 1.9- 8.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 96 88.0 79.3-93.4 22 12.0 6.6-20.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and only those under age 65 are included.

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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