2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Medicaid Region 1 601 111 15.6 12.4-19.4 490 84.4 80.6-87.6
GENDER
Male 273 51 16.1 11.8-21.6 222 83.9 78.4-88.2
Female 328 60 15.1 10.8-20.7 268 84.9 79.3-89.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 493 95 16.6 13.0-20.9 398 83.4 79.1-87.0
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** 60 91.1 79.7-96.4
AGE
18-44 155 *** *** *** 147 95.3 90.5-97.7
45-64 189 37 20.4 14.5-27.8 152 79.6 72.2-85.5
65+ 250 66 24.8 18.2-32.8 184 75.2 67.2-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 38 18.4 12.7-25.9 145 81.6 74.1-87.3
Some Post-H.S. 172 35 16.6 11.2-23.9 137 83.4 76.1-88.8
College Graduate 244 38 10.8 7.4-15.6 206 89.2 84.4-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 55 21.5 15.8-28.7 156 78.5 71.3-84.2
$50,000+ 242 30 11.1 7.4-16.3 212 88.9 83.7-92.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 26 15.2 8.8-25.1 122 84.8 74.9-91.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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