BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	367	59	16.2	12.4-20.9	308	83.8	79.1-87.6
GENDER
Male	141	20	14.9	9.6-22.5	121	85.1	77.5-90.4
Female	226	39	17.4	12.6-23.6	187	82.6	76.4-87.4
RACE
White	325	46	14.9	11.0-19.9	279	85.1	80.1-89.0
Other	40	13	25.5	14.2-41.6	27	74.5	58.4-85.8
AGE
18-44	135	27	17.8	12.0-25.7	108	82.2	74.3-88.0
45+	232	32	15.1	10.5-21.2	200	84.9	78.8-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	23	18.0	11.8-26.5	109	82.0	73.5-88.2
Some College +	235	36	15.2	10.7-21.0	199	84.8	79.0-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	42	20.2	14.8-27.1	167	79.8	72.9-85.2
$50,000+	89	3	3.9	1.1-12.6	86	96.1	87.4-98.9

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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
-Buncombe County	367	59	16.2	12.4-20.9	308	83.8	79.1-87.6
GENDER
Male	141	20	14.9	9.6-22.5	121	85.1	77.5-90.4
Female	226	39	17.4	12.6-23.6	187	82.6	76.4-87.4
RACE
White	325	46	14.9	11.0-19.9	279	85.1	80.1-89.0
Other	40	13	25.5	14.2-41.6	27	74.5	58.4-85.8
AGE
18-44	135	27	17.8	12.0-25.7	108	82.2	74.3-88.0
45+	232	32	15.1	10.5-21.2	200	84.9	78.8-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	23	18.0	11.8-26.5	109	82.0	73.5-88.2
Some College +	235	36	15.2	10.7-21.0	199	84.8	79.0-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	42	20.2	14.8-27.1	167	79.8	72.9-85.2
$50,000+	89	3	3.9	1.1-12.6	86	96.1	87.4-98.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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?