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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-WHITE MALES

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%)
TOTAL 2,576 265 10.1 8.3-12.2 2,311 89.9 87.8-91.7
AGE
18-24 134 10 5.0 1.8-13.1 124 95.0 86.9-98.2
25-34 359 41 13.3 8.0-21.2 318 86.7 78.8-92.0
35-44 507 64 12.3 8.6-17.3 443 87.7 82.7-91.4
45-54 487 65 12.0 8.0-17.7 422 88.0 82.3-92.0
55-64 455 48 9.2 6.0-13.9 407 90.8 86.1-94.0
65-74 388 20 4.6 2.4- 8.3 368 95.4 91.7-97.6
75+ 234 14 7.4 3.7-14.3 220 92.6 85.7-96.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 66 22.9 14.9-33.5 272 77.1 66.5-85.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 723 94 12.0 8.9-16.1 629 88.0 83.9-91.1
Some Post-H.S. 637 63 8.4 5.6-12.3 574 91.6 87.7-94.4
College Graduate 871 41 5.5 3.3- 8.9 830 94.5 91.1-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 52 23.6 15.6-34.2 133 76.4 65.8-84.4
$15,000- 24,999 363 79 19.8 14.1-27.2 284 80.2 72.8-85.9
$25,000- 34,999 272 26 9.8 5.6-16.5 246 90.2 83.5-94.4
$35,000- 49,999 420 25 5.3 2.9- 9.4 395 94.7 90.6-97.1
$50,000-74,999 359 10 4.0 1.9- 8.2 349 96.0 91.8-98.1
$75,000+ 447 12 3.4 1.2- 9.0 435 96.6 91.0-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 157 17 11.6 7.0-18.4 140 88.4 81.6-93.0
Guilford 111 6 5.2 2.1-12.2 105 94.8 87.8-97.9
Mecklenburg 110 11 8.4 4.2-15.9 99 91.6 84.1-95.8
Orange 135 6 7.1 3.0-15.8 129 92.9 84.2-97.0
Wake 128 8 6.1 2.7-12.9 120 93.9 87.1-97.3
Chatham/Lee 117 15 8.8 5.1-14.9 102 91.2 85.1-94.9
Nash/Wilson 85 7 8.0 3.5-17.0 78 92.0 83.0-96.5
Craven/Pamlico 131 10 9.9 4.8-19.3 121 90.1 80.7-95.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 149 18 10.0 6.0-16.3 131 90.0 83.7-94.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 160 18 15.5 6.9-31.3 142 84.5 68.7-93.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 15 15.3 8.6-25.6 90 84.7 74.4-91.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 17 11.5 6.8-18.8 121 88.5 81.2-93.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 15 20.5 11.8-33.2 68 79.5 66.8-88.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 85 19 23.5 15.0-34.7 66 76.5 65.3-85.0
Northeast NC I 73 7 10.6 4.5-23.1 66 89.4 76.9-95.5
Northeast NC II 128 14 11.6 6.6-19.6 114 88.4 80.4-93.4
Northeastern Partnership 201 21 11.4 7.1-17.8 180 88.6 82.2-92.9
Mountain AHEC 429 48 15.2 8.2-26.5 381 84.8 73.5-91.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 746 84 12.0 8.4-16.9 662 88.0 83.1-91.6
Piedmont 1,135 99 7.5 5.7- 9.8 1,036 92.5 90.2-94.3
Western NC 695 82 15.7 10.3-23.2 613 84.3 76.8-89.7

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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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