2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 865 37 4.3 2.9- 6.3 828 95.7 93.7-97.1
GENDER
Male 407 14 3.3 1.8- 5.7 393 96.7 94.3-98.2
Female 458 23 5.3 3.2- 8.8 435 94.7 91.2-96.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 490 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 472 95.5 92.4-97.4
Non-Hispanic Black 175 *** *** *** 168 96.0 91.4-98.2
Other 193 12 4.3 2.3- 7.9 181 95.7 92.1-97.7
AGE
18-44 353 15 4.5 2.4- 8.2 338 95.5 91.8-97.6
45-64 282 *** *** *** 272 97.3 94.6-98.6
65+ 209 12 6.9 3.6-12.8 197 93.1 87.2-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 229 92.3 88.0-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 218 *** *** *** 211 96.5 90.8-98.7
College Graduate 391 *** *** *** 384 98.3 96.2-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 246 16 8.1 4.4-14.2 230 91.9 85.8-95.6
$50,000+ 422 *** *** *** 412 97.6 95.2-98.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 197 11 4.0 2.0- 7.6 186 96.0 92.4-98.0

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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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