2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Medicaid Region 6 520 45 8.3 5.7-11.9 475 91.7 88.1-94.3
GENDER
Male 230 13 5.4 2.9- 9.8 217 94.6 90.2-97.1
Female 290 32 11.1 7.0-17.2 258 88.9 82.8-93.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 324 28 9.2 5.7-14.6 296 90.8 85.4-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 119 14 8.8 4.7-15.8 105 91.2 84.2-95.3
Other 71 *** *** *** 69 98.3 93.0-99.6
AGE
18-44 173 *** *** *** 164 94.6 89.1-97.4
45-64 175 16 7.6 4.4-12.8 159 92.4 87.2-95.6
65+ 171 20 14.4 7.9-24.7 151 85.6 75.3-92.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 23 12.4 7.3-20.0 147 87.6 80.0-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 167 12 7.3 3.8-13.4 155 92.7 86.6-96.2
College Graduate 181 *** *** *** 171 96.4 92.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 19 8.5 4.9-14.3 166 91.5 85.7-95.1
$50,000+ 234 11 4.9 2.5- 9.5 223 95.1 90.5-97.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 101 15 14.6 7.3-26.9 86 85.4 73.1-92.7

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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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