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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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%)
All Participants 14,427 8,076 55.9 54.4-57.5 590 3.4 2.9- 4.0 1,677 11.8 10.9-12.8 4,084 28.8 27.4-30.2
Alabama 211 141 66.1 57.8-73.5 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5 19 9.0 5.0-15.4 44 21.6 15.6-29.0
Alaska 221 103 53.7 43.1-64.0 32 8.1 5.1-12.4 27 13.2 7.6-21.8 59 25.1 17.1-35.1
Arizona 258 138 54.6 44.4-64.3 10 3.1 1.3- 7.2 32 9.2 5.7-14.5 78 33.2 24.0-43.8
Arkansas 254 165 66.5 59.5-72.8 14 4.3 2.4- 7.8 21 8.5 5.3-13.2 54 20.7 15.6-27.0
California 362 188 55.2 49.0-61.2 11 3.3 1.7- 6.1 60 13.8 10.4-18.1 103 27.8 22.7-33.5
Colorado 242 120 51.1 42.8-59.4 6 1.9 0.8- 4.3 32 10.5 7.2-15.1 84 36.5 28.3-45.5
Connecticut 215 101 52.0 43.5-60.4 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5 26 11.1 7.2-16.8 83 35.3 27.8-43.5
Delaware 188 107 52.9 37.6-67.6 9 17.1 4.7-46.5 13 6.5 3.0-13.6 59 23.6 15.9-33.5
District of Columbia 140 55 48.6 37.1-60.2 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 19 9.9 5.8-16.2 63 39.8 29.7-51.0
Florida 437 219 50.3 44.7-55.9 9 2.5 1.2- 4.9 52 12.5 9.1-16.8 157 34.8 29.6-40.3
Georgia 328 201 63.0 56.3-69.2 11 3.5 1.7- 7.0 26 9.6 6.2-14.4 90 24.0 18.9-29.9
Hawaii 311 209 70.6 63.3-77.1 13 4.6 1.6-12.5 28 9.1 5.7-14.4 61 15.7 11.6-20.9
Idaho 311 208 62.9 55.1-70.1 12 2.9 1.4- 5.9 31 10.0 6.6-14.7 60 24.3 17.6-32.6
Illinois 119 77 70.7 61.1-78.8 6 4.1 1.8- 9.2 12 7.6 4.0-13.7 24 17.6 11.3-26.3
Indiana 331 174 54.3 47.9-60.5 17 4.6 2.8- 7.5 37 12.2 8.6-17.0 103 28.9 23.6-35.0
Iowa 98 61 68.5 56.9-78.3 4 7.3 2.4-20.3 9 8.2 4.1-15.7 24 16.0 10.1-24.3
Kansas 219 127 59.6 52.0-66.7 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 29 12.8 8.5-18.9 59 25.9 20.0-32.9
Kentucky 774 574 70.5 65.0-75.5 28 2.8 1.8- 4.5 83 14.5 10.5-19.7 89 12.2 9.2-15.9
Louisiana 352 226 61.0 54.4-67.2 23 8.0 4.3-14.3 29 7.2 4.8-10.6 74 23.9 18.7-30.0
Maine 115 58 48.2 38.2-58.4 6 3.7 1.6- 8.4 17 15.9 9.7-25.0 34 32.1 23.3-42.5
Maryland 219 99 45.4 36.7-54.5 7 2.7 1.2- 6.1 34 13.8 9.3-19.8 79 38.1 29.9-47.1
Massachusetts 336 138 37.4 31.1-44.1 15 5.2 2.5-10.7 41 12.1 8.5-16.8 142 45.3 38.4-52.4
Michigan 290 156 57.4 50.1-64.4 10 3.0 1.4- 6.2 31 8.7 5.8-12.9 93 30.9 24.6-38.0
Minnesota 211 108 55.0 47.0-62.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 49 21.0 15.7-27.5 53 23.6 17.4-31.2
Mississippi 324 216 66.6 59.8-72.8 18 5.2 3.0- 8.8 26 8.7 5.6-13.3 64 19.5 14.4-25.8
Missouri 313 157 54.6 46.7-62.2 15 3.5 1.7- 6.8 43 12.7 8.5-18.6 98 29.3 22.9-36.5
Montana 208 111 61.9 52.7-70.3 14 4.3 2.1- 8.4 19 8.4 4.8-14.2 64 25.5 18.5-34.0
Nebraska 158 104 67.0 57.7-75.2 5 2.3 0.8- 6.7 9 5.8 2.7-11.8 40 24.9 17.7-33.8
Nevada 225 110 53.2 43.8-62.5 7 3.1 1.2- 7.9 31 12.6 8.1-19.1 77 31.0 23.2-40.2
New Hampshire 235 127 51.9 44.2-59.5 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1 32 15.0 10.4-21.4 69 31.1 24.1-39.0
New Jersey 316 146 55.9 44.7-66.5 9 2.0 0.7- 5.5 40 8.4 5.1-13.7 121 33.7 24.1-44.9
New Mexico 362 217 60.9 54.6-66.8 12 1.9 1.0- 3.7 68 17.7 13.5-22.9 65 19.5 15.0-25.0
New York 228 111 46.8 39.0-54.8 8 2.5 1.1- 5.2 37 12.7 8.8-18.0 72 38.0 30.4-46.3
North Carolina 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 12.5-21.4
North Dakota 89 37 39.2 28.5-51.0 4 4.3 1.3-13.8 9 12.0 6.0-22.3 39 44.5 33.5-56.2
Ohio 207 98 49.9 41.9-57.9 11 4.1 2.0- 8.0 22 12.3 7.6-19.5 76 33.7 26.8-41.4
Oklahoma 561 382 70.8 66.3-75.0 22 2.6 1.7- 4.1 48 8.5 6.2-11.5 109 18.0 14.6-22.1
Oregon 227 122 57.9 50.2-65.1 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 36 15.6 10.8-21.9 66 25.7 20.0-32.5
Pennsylvania 557 267 51.2 45.3-57.1 24 4.3 2.3- 7.9 62 12.0 8.4-16.9 204 32.5 27.5-37.9
Rhode Island 199 91 46.8 38.4-55.5 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2 22 9.6 6.0-15.0 79 40.6 32.5-49.3
South Carolina 288 183 63.3 55.5-70.4 15 4.3 2.3- 7.9 11 3.1 1.5- 6.3 79 29.3 22.6-37.1
South Dakota 114 52 50.0 39.2-60.8 7 5.5 2.4-12.0 13 8.7 4.8-15.1 42 35.8 26.2-46.7
Tennessee 184 91 50.0 41.4-58.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 23 13.3 8.3-20.5 68 35.9 28.4-44.2
Texas 496 284 55.7 50.3-61.0 18 4.0 2.3- 6.8 65 12.6 9.5-16.6 129 27.7 23.0-32.9
Utah 208 105 58.4 49.4-66.9 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0 28 11.7 7.3-18.0 69 28.4 21.2-36.9
Vermont 190 91 52.6 43.9-61.2 5 2.4 0.9- 6.4 23 10.0 6.4-15.2 71 35.0 27.2-43.8
Virginia 276 160 61.3 52.8-69.1 9 2.5 1.1- 5.7 36 10.2 6.9-14.8 71 26.0 18.8-34.8
Washington 302 191 62.8 55.4-69.5 8 4.5 1.6-12.2 44 15.5 11.1-21.2 59 17.2 12.7-23.0
West Virginia 277 168 62.8 56.1-69.0 17 5.4 2.9- 9.7 19 6.5 4.0-10.4 73 25.4 20.1-31.5
Wisconsin 178 76 43.1 34.2-52.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 30 15.2 10.2-22.1 69 39.7 30.9-49.1
Wyoming 176 102 59.5 50.4-68.1 6 5.2 1.8-14.3 21 9.8 6.1-15.4 47 25.4 18.5-33.8
Guam 77 54 74.6 62.7-83.8 2 1.6 0.3- 7.3 4 6.2 2.2-16.4 17 17.5 10.3-28.2
Puerto Rico 205 52 26.1 19.2-34.5 21 6.2 3.6-10.4 32 15.1 9.9-22.3 100 52.6 44.0-61.1
Virgin Islands 145 45 25.4 17.9-34.8 9 10.3 5.0-20.0 10 9.1 4.3-18.5 81 55.1 44.7-65.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*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.

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