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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

What is the main reason you did not get medical care?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Cost Transportation Long Appointment Wait Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 560 373 69.0 63.1-74.4 33 5.8 3.5- 9.4 57 8.8 6.0-12.7 97 16.5 12.5-21.5
GENDER
Male 151 108 76.8 66.3-84.7 7 2.9 1.1- 7.2 6 3.0 0.7-11.8 30 17.4 10.6-27.2
Female 409 265 65.1 57.8-71.8 26 7.2 4.1-12.4 51 11.7 7.9-16.9 67 16.0 11.4-22.1
RACE
White 347 222 68.7 60.9-75.5 13 2.9 1.2- 6.8 41 10.9 7.0-16.7 71 17.5 12.5-24.1
African American 134 98 73.1 61.0-82.6 11 8.8 3.8-19.0 12 7.9 3.6-16.4 13 10.2 4.7-20.5

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who needed medical care in past 12 months, but could not get it

#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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