BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 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	17,239	2,534	15.6	14.8-16.4	14,705	84.4	83.6-85.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	69	17.6	13.5-22.4	340	82.4	77.6-86.5
GENDER
Male	149	17	11.6	6.8-19.0	132	88.4	81.0-93.2
Female	260	52	23.1	17.5-29.9	208	76.9	70.1-82.5
RACE
White	380	62	16.8	12.8-21.7	318	83.2	78.3-87.2
Other	28	7	25.5	10.8-49.2	21	74.5	50.8-89.2
AGE
18-44	135	31	20.1	13.6-28.5	104	79.9	71.5-86.4
45+	271	38	15.4	10.9-21.3	233	84.6	78.7-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	38	21.9	15.6-30.0	152	78.1	70.0-84.4
Some College +	216	31	13.9	9.3-20.1	185	86.1	79.9-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	60	23.5	17.9-30.2	214	76.5	69.8-82.1
$50,000+	89	3	3.2	0.8-11.4	86	96.8	88.6-99.2

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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	17,239	2,534	15.6	14.8-16.4	14,705	84.4	83.6-85.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	409	69	17.6	13.5-22.4	340	82.4	77.6-86.5
GENDER
Male	149	17	11.6	6.8-19.0	132	88.4	81.0-93.2
Female	260	52	23.1	17.5-29.9	208	76.9	70.1-82.5
RACE
White	380	62	16.8	12.8-21.7	318	83.2	78.3-87.2
Other	28	7	25.5	10.8-49.2	21	74.5	50.8-89.2
AGE
18-44	135	31	20.1	13.6-28.5	104	79.9	71.5-86.4
45+	271	38	15.4	10.9-21.3	233	84.6	78.7-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	190	38	21.9	15.6-30.0	152	78.1	70.0-84.4
Some College +	216	31	13.9	9.3-20.1	185	86.1	79.9-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	60	23.5	17.9-30.2	214	76.5	69.8-82.1
$50,000+	89	3	3.2	0.8-11.4	86	96.8	88.6-99.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 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?