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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Health Care Coverage and Utilization

Was there a time during the last 12 months when you needed to see a doctor, but could not because of the cost?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,964 664 11.5 10.2-12.8 5,300 88.5 87.2-89.8
Gaston County 444 73 17.5 13.7-22.1 371 82.5 77.9-86.3
GENDER
Male 168 21 14.0 8.9-21.4 147 86.0 78.6-91.1
Female 276 52 20.7 15.6-27.0 224 79.3 73.0-84.4
RACE
White 374 64 18.5 14.3-23.7 310 81.5 76.3-85.7
Other 69 8 12.9 6.0-25.6 61 87.1 74.4-94.0
AGE
18-44 210 44 21.8 15.8-29.3 166 78.2 70.7-84.2
45+ 230 28 12.6 8.5-18.2 202 87.4 81.8-91.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 234 43 20.0 14.5-27.0 191 80.0 73.0-85.5
Some College + 210 30 15.0 10.2-21.6 180 85.0 78.4-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 61 24.7 19.0-31.6 193 75.3 68.4-81.0
$50,000+ 100 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 98 98.1 92.2-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 53 13.6 10.0-18.3 353 86.4 81.7-90.0
Cumberland 417 35 12.4 5.0-27.7 382 87.6 72.3-95.0
Durham 386 36 9.8 6.6-14.1 350 90.2 85.9-93.4
Forsyth 446 42 8.3 5.9-11.6 404 91.7 88.4-94.1
Guilford 395 30 7.6 5.0-11.5 365 92.4 88.5-95.0
Mecklenburg 418 34 8.6 6.0-12.3 384 91.4 87.7-94.0
New Hanover 391 43 12.4 8.8-17.1 348 87.6 82.9-91.2
Onslow 419 46 8.3 6.0-11.4 373 91.7 88.6-94.0
Wake 408 34 6.9 4.7-10.1 374 93.1 89.9-95.3
Western NC 597 69 11.9 9.3-15.1 528 88.1 84.9-90.7
Piedmont NC 645 72 9.9 7.5-12.9 573 90.1 87.1-92.5
Eastern NC 592 97 16.3 13.1-20.1 495 83.7 79.9-86.9

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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