2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Reactions to Race

Within the past 12 months, do you feel that in general you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?

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  Total
Respond.^
Worse than other races The same as other races Better than other races
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,775 292 10.8 9.3-12.5 1,965 72.4 70.1-74.5 518 16.8 15.1-18.6
Medicaid Region 5 706 81 11.2 7.8-15.7 572 80.0 74.9-84.3 53 8.8 6.2-12.3
GENDER
Male 282 32 8.9 5.2-14.7 237 85.3 78.6-90.1 13 5.8 3.1-10.7
Female 424 49 13.2 8.3-20.4 335 75.4 67.9-81.7 40 11.4 7.5-16.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 *** *** *** 227 80.6 73.3-86.2 43 14.3 9.9-20.0
Non-Hispanic Black 120 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 300 37 10.9 6.1-18.9 258 86.7 77.9-92.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 21 6.8 3.4-13.1 172 81.3 73.3-87.3 20 11.9 7.3-18.8
45-64 270 36 19.1 11.6-29.9 221 74.8 64.3-83.0 13 6.0 3.1-11.3
65+ 215 23 8.8 4.7-15.9 172 83.7 74.1-90.2 20 7.5 3.5-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 29 10.6 5.5-19.5 188 85.4 76.7-91.3 12 3.9 1.9- 8.0
Some Post-H.S. 224 24 10.9 5.9-19.5 187 78.9 69.2-86.2 13 10.2 5.4-18.4
College Graduate 252 27 12.4 7.4-20.0 197 72.6 63.8-79.9 28 15.0 9.6-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 39 15.7 9.1-25.9 213 78.1 67.4-86.1 16 6.1 2.9-12.7
$50,000+ 291 25 11.3 6.6-18.5 238 75.4 67.3-82.0 28 13.3 8.8-19.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 147 17 4.9 2.1-10.9 121 90.6 82.7-95.1 *** *** ***

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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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