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 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Medicaid Region 4 1,116 128 10.4 8.5-12.8 988 89.6 87.2-91.5
GENDER
Male 498 49 9.4 6.7-13.1 449 90.6 86.9-93.3
Female 618 79 11.4 8.7-14.7 539 88.6 85.3-91.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 644 78 9.9 7.7-12.6 566 90.1 87.4-92.3
Non-Hispanic Black 202 32 15.4 10.0-23.1 170 84.6 76.9-90.0
Other 256 17 6.8 3.7-12.1 239 93.2 87.9-96.3
AGE
18-44 479 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 467 97.8 95.9-98.8
45-64 360 50 14.1 10.2-19.2 310 85.9 80.8-89.8
65+ 254 65 23.7 17.7-30.9 189 76.3 69.1-82.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 44 14.4 10.0-20.4 261 85.6 79.6-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 269 42 10.9 7.8-15.1 227 89.1 84.9-92.2
College Graduate 539 42 6.5 4.7- 9.1 497 93.5 90.9-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 299 55 15.6 11.5-20.9 244 84.4 79.1-88.5
$50,000+ 539 35 6.8 4.6-10.1 504 93.2 89.9-95.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 278 38 12.2 8.1-18.0 240 87.8 82.0-91.9

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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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