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 4,215 213 4.8 4.1- 5.7 4,002 95.2 94.3-95.9
Medicaid Region 1 598 35 5.0 3.3- 7.4 563 95.0 92.6-96.7
GENDER
Male 271 13 3.7 2.0- 7.0 258 96.3 93.0-98.0
Female 327 22 6.1 3.6-10.1 305 93.9 89.9-96.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 490 27 5.0 3.1- 7.8 463 95.0 92.2-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 67 *** *** *** 63 95.0 85.9-98.3
AGE
18-44 154 *** *** *** 149 97.3 93.2-99.0
45-64 186 13 7.7 4.2-13.8 173 92.3 86.2-95.8
65+ 251 17 5.1 2.7- 9.4 234 94.9 90.6-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 15 7.6 4.2-13.2 167 92.4 86.8-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 171 11 3.4 1.6- 7.1 160 96.6 92.9-98.4
College Graduate 243 *** *** *** 234 96.5 92.4-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 18 5.8 3.3-10.2 192 94.2 89.8-96.7
$50,000+ 240 *** *** *** 232 96.6 92.9-98.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 148 *** *** *** 139 93.5 85.8-97.2

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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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