BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	375	86	24.9	20.2-30.2	289	75.1	69.8-79.8
GENDER
Male	136	23	18.0	12.0-26.3	113	82.0	73.7-88.0
Female	239	63	30.5	24.2-37.7	176	69.5	62.3-75.8
RACE
White	312	62	21.5	16.7-27.2	250	78.5	72.8-83.3
Other	62	23	38.0	25.8-52.0	39	62.0	48.0-74.2
AGE
18-44	140	42	29.7	22.0-38.7	98	70.3	61.3-78.0
45+	231	42	20.7	15.3-27.5	189	79.3	72.5-84.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	55	32.0	25.0-39.9	147	68.0	60.1-75.0
Some College +	172	30	16.6	11.4-23.6	142	83.4	76.4-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	62	30.3	23.8-37.6	163	69.7	62.4-76.2
$50,000+	75	8	10.7	5.3-20.5	67	89.3	79.5-94.7

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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
-Gaston County	375	86	24.9	20.2-30.2	289	75.1	69.8-79.8
GENDER
Male	136	23	18.0	12.0-26.3	113	82.0	73.7-88.0
Female	239	63	30.5	24.2-37.7	176	69.5	62.3-75.8
RACE
White	312	62	21.5	16.7-27.2	250	78.5	72.8-83.3
Other	62	23	38.0	25.8-52.0	39	62.0	48.0-74.2
AGE
18-44	140	42	29.7	22.0-38.7	98	70.3	61.3-78.0
45+	231	42	20.7	15.3-27.5	189	79.3	72.5-84.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	55	32.0	25.0-39.9	147	68.0	60.1-75.0
Some College +	172	30	16.6	11.4-23.6	142	83.4	76.4-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	62	30.3	23.8-37.6	163	69.7	62.4-76.2
$50,000+	75	8	10.7	5.3-20.5	67	89.3	79.5-94.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?