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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,692 602 20.8 18.9-22.7 2,090 79.2 77.3-81.1
GENDER
Male 892 175 18.6 15.8-21.8 717 81.4 78.2-84.2
Female 1,800 427 22.4 20.2-24.9 1,373 77.6 75.1-79.8
AGE
18-24 176 30 14.8 9.8-21.7 146 85.2 78.3-90.2
25-34 466 93 20.1 15.9-25.1 373 79.9 74.9-84.1
35-44 531 142 23.6 19.6-28.1 389 76.4 71.9-80.4
45-54 523 143 24.0 19.9-28.6 380 76.0 71.4-80.1
55-64 429 94 21.0 16.7-26.0 335 79.0 74.0-83.3
65-74 328 62 17.6 12.6-24.0 266 82.4 76.0-87.4
75+ 223 35 16.5 11.4-23.3 188 83.5 76.7-88.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 605 160 29.2 24.7-34.2 445 70.8 65.8-75.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 928 221 20.8 17.9-24.0 707 79.2 76.0-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 658 157 21.2 17.7-25.3 501 78.8 74.7-82.3
College Graduate 497 62 11.2 8.4-14.7 435 88.8 85.3-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 532 179 33.3 28.5-38.4 353 66.7 61.6-71.5
$15,000- 24,999 620 182 29.1 24.7-33.9 438 70.9 66.1-75.3
$25,000- 34,999 344 70 18.8 14.3-24.2 274 81.2 75.8-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 302 40 13.6 9.5-19.1 262 86.4 80.9-90.5
$50,000-74,999 192 19 10.3 6.1-16.9 173 89.7 83.1-93.9
$75,000+ 145 6 5.8 2.4-13.3 139 94.2 86.7-97.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 950 285 29.3 25.9-32.9 665 70.7 67.1-74.1
No 1,637 291 16.4 14.3-18.7 1,346 83.6 81.3-85.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 47 14.0 9.7-19.7 265 86.0 80.3-90.3
Non-Veteran 2,335 551 22.1 20.1-24.2 1,784 77.9 75.8-79.9
Currently Serving 38 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 37 99.0 93.3-99.9

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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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