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 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Medicaid Region 3 864 134 15.6 12.8-18.8 730 84.4 81.2-87.2
GENDER
Male 406 54 14.9 11.1-19.8 352 85.1 80.2-88.9
Female 458 80 16.3 12.5-20.8 378 83.7 79.2-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 491 80 16.8 13.1-21.5 411 83.2 78.5-86.9
Non-Hispanic Black 173 29 14.5 9.7-21.1 144 85.5 78.9-90.3
Other 193 23 12.9 8.1-19.8 170 87.1 80.2-91.9
AGE
18-44 353 18 6.3 3.7-10.3 335 93.7 89.7-96.3
45-64 281 58 22.4 17.1-28.7 223 77.6 71.3-82.9
65+ 209 58 28.9 21.3-38.0 151 71.1 62.0-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 52 23.0 17.1-30.2 200 77.0 69.8-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 217 37 15.5 11.0-21.4 180 84.5 78.6-89.0
College Graduate 391 45 8.5 6.0-11.8 346 91.5 88.2-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 58 24.8 18.5-32.2 187 75.2 67.8-81.5
$50,000+ 423 48 11.1 8.1-15.1 375 88.9 84.9-91.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 196 28 14.5 9.0-22.4 168 85.5 77.6-91.0

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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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