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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--WHITE Respondents Only

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 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
GENDER
Male 78 52 73.7 58.1-85.0 2 2.2 0.4-10.8 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 21 23.1 12.6-38.7
Female 269 170 67.0 58.0-74.9 11 3.1 1.1- 8.3 38 14.1 9.0-21.6 50 15.7 10.4-23.2

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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