BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Was there a time during the last 12 months when you needed to see a doctor, but could not because of the cost?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,019	2,492	16.6	15.8-17.4	12,527	83.4	82.6-84.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	360	71	22.0	16.4-28.9	289	78.0	71.1-83.6
GENDER
Male	135	21	19.7	11.1-32.7	114	80.3	67.3-88.9
Female	225	50	24.4	18.5-31.4	175	75.6	68.6-81.5
RACE
White	341	65	19.3	15.0-24.6	276	80.7	75.4-85.0
Other	18	6	46.3	16.9-78.6	12	53.7	21.4-83.1
AGE
18-44	131	32	24.6	17.3-33.8	99	75.4	66.2-82.7
45+	229	39	20.5	13.0-30.6	190	79.5	69.4-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	45	27.0	18.5-37.5	152	73.0	62.5-81.5
Some College +	163	26	15.1	10.1-21.9	137	84.9	78.1-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	55	28.5	20.5-38.0	169	71.5	62.0-79.5
$50,000+	62	3	4.2	1.3-12.8	59	95.8	87.2-98.7

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,019	2,492	16.6	15.8-17.4	12,527	83.4	82.6-84.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	360	71	22.0	16.4-28.9	289	78.0	71.1-83.6
GENDER
Male	135	21	19.7	11.1-32.7	114	80.3	67.3-88.9
Female	225	50	24.4	18.5-31.4	175	75.6	68.6-81.5
RACE
White	341	65	19.3	15.0-24.6	276	80.7	75.4-85.0
Other	18	6	46.3	16.9-78.6	12	53.7	21.4-83.1
AGE
18-44	131	32	24.6	17.3-33.8	99	75.4	66.2-82.7
45+	229	39	20.5	13.0-30.6	190	79.5	69.4-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	45	27.0	18.5-37.5	152	73.0	62.5-81.5
Some College +	163	26	15.1	10.1-21.9	137	84.9	78.1-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	55	28.5	20.5-38.0	169	71.5	62.0-79.5
$50,000+	62	3	4.2	1.3-12.8	59	95.8	87.2-98.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Health Care Access

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