2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 2,943 240 8.9 7.7-10.3 2,125 73.8 71.9-75.7 578 17.3 15.8-18.8
Medicaid Region 3 576 56 10.5 7.8-14.0 412 72.1 67.7-76.1 108 17.4 14.3-21.1
GENDER
Male 270 22 8.6 5.5-13.3 199 74.3 68.1-79.7 49 17.1 12.7-22.6
Female 306 34 12.3 8.4-17.8 213 69.9 63.5-75.6 59 17.8 13.6-22.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 344 *** *** *** 241 72.2 66.7-77.1 93 24.8 20.2-30.1
Non-Hispanic Black 115 39 34.6 25.0-45.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 116 *** *** *** 99 84.6 75.7-90.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 21 9.9 6.2-15.3 144 69.4 62.0-75.8 45 20.8 15.4-27.4
45-64 196 24 12.5 7.7-19.6 134 70.2 62.4-77.0 38 17.3 12.4-23.6
65+ 161 11 9.4 5.0-17.1 127 79.4 71.2-85.8 23 11.1 7.0-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 15 8.6 5.0-14.4 152 85.1 78.5-90.0 13 6.3 3.5-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 153 19 14.0 8.4-22.3 110 67.4 58.2-75.4 24 18.6 12.6-26.7
College Graduate 242 22 9.6 6.1-14.8 150 62.0 55.0-68.6 70 28.4 22.6-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 18 12.9 7.9-20.3 125 80.2 72.2-86.3 13 6.9 3.8-12.3
$50,000+ 282 28 9.8 6.5-14.5 178 63.4 56.9-69.5 76 26.7 21.4-32.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** 109 80.0 70.5-87.0 19 10.8 6.5-17.3

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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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