2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Employer Plan Purchased Plan Medicare Medicaid TRICARE/VA/Military Other Plan
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,819 1,501 41.5 39.7-43.4 426 12.0 10.8-13.3 1,205 26.9 25.3-28.6 286 8.0 7.0- 9.1 265 8.2 7.2- 9.4 136 3.4 2.8- 4.1
Medicaid Region 4 990 463 48.5 44.9-52.2 121 12.1 10.0-14.7 256 23.5 20.7-26.7 62 6.6 5.0- 8.7 43 5.0 3.6- 7.0 45 4.2 3.0- 5.9
GENDER
Male 420 222 55.3 49.7-60.8 41 9.2 6.4-12.9 100 22.2 18.0-27.2 14 3.2 1.7- 6.0 33 8.1 5.6-11.7 *** *** ***
Female 570 241 42.7 38.0-47.6 80 14.7 11.6-18.4 156 24.7 20.8-29.0 48 9.5 6.9-12.9 *** *** *** 35 6.1 4.1- 9.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 618 288 49.2 44.7-53.7 70 11.5 9.0-14.7 190 26.6 22.9-30.7 21 3.5 2.2- 5.4 28 5.6 3.7- 8.3 21 3.7 2.2- 6.1
Non-Hispanic Black 202 85 44.2 36.2-52.6 21 10.5 6.6-16.3 55 26.7 19.9-34.7 21 9.5 5.9-15.0 *** *** *** 12 4.3 2.3- 7.7
Other 162 86 53.4 43.9-62.7 29 17.9 11.6-26.6 *** *** *** 19 14.6 8.4-24.0 *** *** *** 12 6.4 3.3-12.1
AGE
18-44 400 241 59.9 54.2-65.3 60 14.0 10.6-18.3 19 5.2 3.0- 8.7 44 10.9 7.9-15.0 22 6.5 4.1-10.1 14 3.6 1.9- 6.8
45-64 319 192 62.4 56.1-68.3 52 15.5 11.6-20.5 21 6.2 3.9- 9.6 14 4.0 2.1- 7.5 14 5.4 3.0- 9.8 26 6.6 4.3-10.0
65+ 254 21 8.1 4.7-13.7 *** *** *** 213 83.1 76.5-88.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 63 32.7 25.6-40.7 28 10.7 7.1-15.8 78 32.2 25.4-39.9 27 11.7 7.6-17.5 13 7.3 4.1-12.8 12 5.4 2.8-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 242 95 47.9 40.9-55.1 31 13.1 9.0-18.6 69 23.5 18.3-29.6 18 6.4 3.9-10.4 12 4.3 2.3- 7.8 17 4.7 2.8- 7.9
College Graduate 527 305 60.3 55.6-64.8 62 12.4 9.5-16.1 109 17.4 14.3-21.0 17 3.1 1.8- 5.4 18 3.9 2.3- 6.6 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 60 24.7 18.4-32.2 33 14.3 9.8-20.4 85 32.1 25.4-39.7 33 15.6 10.7-22.3 14 7.3 4.2-12.4 17 6.0 3.5-10.2
$50,000+ 516 324 65.8 61.0-70.3 58 10.7 8.0-14.0 95 15.7 12.7-19.3 *** *** *** 18 3.8 2.2- 6.4 12 2.2 1.1- 4.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 224 75 33.5 26.7-41.1 28 13.0 8.6-19.1 75 32.8 25.9-40.6 19 8.0 4.8-13.2 11 5.7 2.9-10.9 16 7.0 3.9-12.2

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*Among respondents who have health care coverage.

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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