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 4,211 297 7.6 6.6- 8.7 3,914 92.4 91.3-93.4
Medicaid Region 3 863 60 9.2 6.8-12.3 803 90.8 87.7-93.2
GENDER
Male 407 21 5.7 3.5- 9.3 386 94.3 90.7-96.5
Female 456 39 12.4 8.5-17.8 417 87.6 82.2-91.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 492 32 9.1 6.0-13.5 460 90.9 86.5-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black 174 15 10.2 5.5-18.3 159 89.8 81.7-94.5
Other 190 12 8.4 4.5-15.0 178 91.6 85.0-95.5
AGE
18-44 350 18 5.7 3.5- 9.2 332 94.3 90.8-96.5
45-64 281 20 10.1 6.0-16.5 261 89.9 83.5-94.0
65+ 210 22 16.9 9.8-27.5 188 83.1 72.5-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 31 16.8 11.4-24.1 218 83.2 75.9-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 217 18 8.2 4.6-14.2 199 91.8 85.8-95.4
College Graduate 392 11 2.6 1.3- 5.2 381 97.4 94.8-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 36 17.8 12.4-24.9 209 82.2 75.1-87.6
$50,000+ 420 *** *** *** 412 97.6 94.9-98.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 198 16 13.1 7.1-23.0 182 86.9 77.0-92.9

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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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