2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

Health Care Access

Health care coverage status past 12 months*

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  Total
Respond.^
Continuously insured for the past 12 months Uninsured for part or all past 12 months Uninsured for more than 1 year
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,553 2,998 84.8 83.4-86.2 209 6.0 5.1- 7.0 346 9.2 8.1-10.3
Medicaid Region 3 698 581 84.9 81.7-87.7 39 5.4 3.8- 7.6 78 9.7 7.5-12.4
GENDER
Male 319 244 79.2 73.7-83.7 22 6.7 4.2-10.7 53 14.1 10.4-18.8
Female 379 337 90.1 86.2-93.0 17 4.2 2.5- 6.9 25 5.7 3.6- 9.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 366 90.1 85.9-93.1 24 6.0 3.9- 9.3 12 3.9 2.0- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 143 130 89.6 82.1-94.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 149 81 60.2 50.9-68.7 *** *** *** 59 34.9 26.8-43.9
AGE
18-44 252 181 75.8 69.5-81.2 21 8.3 5.2-13.0 50 15.9 11.5-21.4
45-64 241 203 88.0 83.2-91.6 16 5.3 3.1- 9.0 22 6.7 4.2-10.5
65+ 188 183 98.0 95.3-99.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 139 72.7 65.7-78.8 17 7.3 4.3-12.3 57 19.9 14.8-26.3
Some Post-H.S. 183 160 89.0 83.1-93.1 *** *** *** 16 6.8 3.8-12.0
College Graduate 299 279 94.2 90.6-96.4 15 4.5 2.6- 7.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 147 76.6 68.9-82.9 13 6.8 3.6-12.3 37 16.6 11.3-23.7
$50,000+ 323 299 93.1 89.4-95.6 16 4.4 2.6- 7.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 173 132 79.6 72.1-85.4 *** *** *** 31 14.6 9.8-21.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the health insurance question and health coverage questions from the Adult Insurance state module

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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