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 4,231 370 8.2 7.2- 9.2 3,861 91.8 90.8-92.8
Medicaid Region 3 870 55 5.4 3.9- 7.4 815 94.6 92.6-96.1
GENDER
Male 407 29 6.5 4.2-10.0 378 93.5 90.0-95.8
Female 463 26 4.4 2.7- 7.0 437 95.6 93.0-97.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 494 48 8.2 5.8-11.5 446 91.8 88.5-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 176 *** *** *** 174 99.4 97.4-99.8
Other 193 *** *** *** 190 98.6 94.9-99.6
AGE
18-44 355 *** *** *** 351 98.6 95.5-99.6
45-64 282 16 5.8 3.3-10.1 266 94.2 89.9-96.7
65+ 211 33 13.8 9.1-20.4 178 86.2 79.6-90.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 12 5.3 2.7-10.0 240 94.7 90.0-97.3
Some Post-H.S. 218 15 5.3 3.0- 9.1 203 94.7 90.9-97.0
College Graduate 395 28 5.7 3.6- 8.8 367 94.3 91.2-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 246 16 5.4 2.8-10.1 230 94.6 89.9-97.2
$50,000+ 426 24 4.5 2.7- 7.4 402 95.5 92.6-97.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 198 15 7.2 4.0-12.5 183 92.8 87.5-96.0

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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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