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 4,211 297 7.6 6.6- 8.7 3,914 92.4 91.3-93.4
Medicaid Region 4 1,116 68 5.9 4.3- 7.9 1,048 94.1 92.1-95.7
GENDER
Male 497 20 3.3 2.0- 5.4 477 96.7 94.6-98.0
Female 619 48 8.2 5.7-11.8 571 91.8 88.2-94.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 643 45 6.3 4.4- 8.9 598 93.7 91.1-95.6
Non-Hispanic Black 204 13 7.8 4.0-14.8 191 92.2 85.2-96.0
Other 255 *** *** *** 246 97.5 95.0-98.8
AGE
18-44 476 18 4.2 2.4- 7.2 458 95.8 92.8-97.6
45-64 361 19 4.8 2.9- 7.8 342 95.2 92.2-97.1
65+ 256 31 11.9 7.3-18.8 225 88.1 81.2-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 25 7.4 4.4-12.4 280 92.6 87.6-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 267 21 7.1 4.3-11.6 246 92.9 88.4-95.7
College Graduate 541 21 3.3 2.0- 5.3 520 96.7 94.7-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 28 7.9 4.9-12.4 274 92.1 87.6-95.1
$50,000+ 537 17 2.9 1.7- 5.1 520 97.1 94.9-98.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 277 23 9.5 5.6-15.7 254 90.5 84.3-94.4

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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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