BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	427	71	17.4	13.6-22.0	356	82.6	78.0-86.4
GENDER
Male	175	29	17.3	11.7-24.7	146	82.7	75.3-88.3
Female	252	42	17.5	12.8-23.4	210	82.5	76.6-87.2
RACE
White	372	54	14.7	11.0-19.4	318	85.3	80.6-89.0
Other	55	17	37.3	23.7-53.2	38	62.7	46.8-76.3
AGE
18-44	177	44	22.9	16.7-30.5	133	77.1	69.5-83.3
45+	250	27	12.7	8.4-18.7	223	87.3	81.3-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	47	22.8	17.0-29.9	174	77.2	70.1-83.0
Some College +	205	23	11.3	7.1-17.4	182	88.7	82.6-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	51	23.5	17.7-30.5	187	76.5	69.5-82.3
$50,000+	98	5	3.9	1.5- 9.6	93	96.1	90.4-98.5

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	427	71	17.4	13.6-22.0	356	82.6	78.0-86.4
GENDER
Male	175	29	17.3	11.7-24.7	146	82.7	75.3-88.3
Female	252	42	17.5	12.8-23.4	210	82.5	76.6-87.2
RACE
White	372	54	14.7	11.0-19.4	318	85.3	80.6-89.0
Other	55	17	37.3	23.7-53.2	38	62.7	46.8-76.3
AGE
18-44	177	44	22.9	16.7-30.5	133	77.1	69.5-83.3
45+	250	27	12.7	8.4-18.7	223	87.3	81.3-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	47	22.8	17.0-29.9	174	77.2	70.1-83.0
Some College +	205	23	11.3	7.1-17.4	182	88.7	82.6-92.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	51	23.5	17.7-30.5	187	76.5	69.5-82.3
$50,000+	98	5	3.9	1.5- 9.6	93	96.1	90.4-98.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

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