2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,117 73 7.1 5.3- 9.4 1,044 92.9 90.6-94.7
GENDER
Male 497 39 8.4 5.7-12.1 458 91.6 87.9-94.3
Female 620 34 5.9 3.8- 9.1 586 94.1 90.9-96.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 642 50 7.4 5.3-10.2 592 92.6 89.8-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 205 13 10.1 5.3-18.2 192 89.9 81.8-94.7
Other 256 *** *** *** 246 96.8 93.7-98.4
AGE
18-44 480 *** *** *** 471 97.5 94.8-98.8
45-64 360 20 6.7 3.8-11.3 340 93.3 88.7-96.2
65+ 254 44 19.2 13.4-26.7 210 80.8 73.3-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 306 23 9.3 5.6-15.1 283 90.7 84.9-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 269 21 7.9 4.8-12.6 248 92.1 87.4-95.2
College Graduate 539 29 4.6 3.1- 6.8 510 95.4 93.2-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 24 7.5 4.8-11.8 278 92.5 88.2-95.2
$50,000+ 540 29 6.9 4.4-10.6 511 93.1 89.4-95.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 275 20 7.0 3.8-12.7 255 93.0 87.3-96.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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