2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 467 85 16.2 12.7-20.5 382 83.8 79.5-87.3
GENDER
Male 212 36 15.2 10.4-21.7 176 84.8 78.3-89.6
Female 255 49 17.2 12.5-23.2 206 82.8 76.8-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 59 17.0 12.7-22.4 250 83.0 77.6-87.3
Non-Hispanic Black 96 20 18.5 11.4-28.8 76 81.5 71.2-88.6
Other 59 *** *** *** 53 92.0 81.3-96.8
AGE
18-44 164 11 6.1 3.1-11.6 153 93.9 88.4-96.9
45-64 154 29 20.2 13.5-29.2 125 79.8 70.8-86.5
65+ 145 45 30.2 21.9-40.1 100 69.8 59.9-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 33 20.6 14.3-28.7 128 79.4 71.3-85.7
Some Post-H.S. 130 26 16.0 10.5-23.8 104 84.0 76.2-89.5
College Graduate 173 26 10.1 6.6-15.1 147 89.9 84.9-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 147 39 24.8 17.3-34.1 108 75.2 65.9-82.7
$50,000+ 207 28 11.9 7.8-17.8 179 88.1 82.2-92.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 18 13.2 7.8-21.6 95 86.8 78.4-92.2

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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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