BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	416	79	19.0	15.1-23.6	337	81.0	76.4-84.9
GENDER
Male	159	31	19.3	13.4-26.8	128	80.7	73.2-86.6
Female	257	48	18.7	14.0-24.5	209	81.3	75.5-86.0
RACE
White	317	50	16.0	12.0-21.2	267	84.0	78.8-88.0
Other	97	29	28.9	19.7-40.1	68	71.1	59.9-80.3
AGE
18-44	145	38	27.1	19.8-35.9	107	72.9	64.1-80.2
45+	268	40	13.9	10.0-19.2	228	86.1	80.8-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	46	21.2	15.7-27.9	164	78.8	72.1-84.3
Some College +	205	32	16.5	11.5-23.2	173	83.5	76.8-88.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	56	23.0	17.6-29.5	182	77.0	70.5-82.4
$50,000+	81	4	6.1	2.3-15.1	77	93.9	84.9-97.7

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	416	79	19.0	15.1-23.6	337	81.0	76.4-84.9
GENDER
Male	159	31	19.3	13.4-26.8	128	80.7	73.2-86.6
Female	257	48	18.7	14.0-24.5	209	81.3	75.5-86.0
RACE
White	317	50	16.0	12.0-21.2	267	84.0	78.8-88.0
Other	97	29	28.9	19.7-40.1	68	71.1	59.9-80.3
AGE
18-44	145	38	27.1	19.8-35.9	107	72.9	64.1-80.2
45+	268	40	13.9	10.0-19.2	228	86.1	80.8-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	46	21.2	15.7-27.9	164	78.8	72.1-84.3
Some College +	205	32	16.5	11.5-23.2	173	83.5	76.8-88.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	56	23.0	17.6-29.5	182	77.0	70.5-82.4
$50,000+	81	4	6.1	2.3-15.1	77	93.9	84.9-97.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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?