2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Health Status

General Health Indicator

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,075 3,283 80.6 78.8-82.4 792 19.4 17.6-21.2
Medicaid Region 5 974 732 76.3 71.1-80.9 242 23.7 19.1-28.9
GENDER
Male 409 316 73.1 64.3-80.3 93 26.9 19.7-35.7
Female 565 416 79.3 73.3-84.3 149 20.7 15.7-26.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 341 80.5 74.0-85.7 69 19.5 14.3-26.0
Non-Hispanic Black 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 384 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 320 264 81.8 73.3-88.0 56 18.2 12.0-26.7
45-64 345 247 72.3 63.1-80.0 98 27.7 20.0-36.9
65+ 293 208 72.8 61.4-81.8 85 27.2 18.2-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 209 70.4 60.9-78.4 110 29.6 21.6-39.1
Some Post-H.S. 301 221 76.9 67.2-84.3 80 23.1 15.7-32.8
College Graduate 351 299 84.1 76.9-89.3 52 15.9 10.7-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 223 62.6 53.1-71.1 133 37.4 28.9-46.9
$50,000+ 394 345 89.3 84.1-92.9 49 10.7 7.1-15.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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