BRFSS 2005 - 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	17,239	2,534	15.6	14.8-16.4	14,705	84.4	83.6-85.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	430	73	18.4	14.3-23.4	357	81.6	76.6-85.7
GENDER
Male	139	16	12.4	7.2-20.4	123	87.6	79.6-92.8
Female	291	57	22.6	17.1-29.2	234	77.4	70.8-82.9
RACE
White	346	55	18.1	13.6-23.7	291	81.9	76.3-86.4
Other	82	17	18.3	10.1-30.8	65	81.7	69.2-89.9
AGE
18-44	123	28	20.2	13.2-29.7	95	79.8	70.3-86.8
45+	306	45	17.3	12.6-23.2	261	82.7	76.8-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	42	21.9	15.8-29.6	176	78.1	70.4-84.2
Some College +	212	31	14.9	10.0-21.7	181	85.1	78.3-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	58	22.6	17.2-29.1	207	77.4	70.9-82.8
$50,000+	105	10	11.4	5.7-21.6	95	88.6	78.4-94.3

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	430	73	18.4	14.3-23.4	357	81.6	76.6-85.7
GENDER
Male	139	16	12.4	7.2-20.4	123	87.6	79.6-92.8
Female	291	57	22.6	17.1-29.2	234	77.4	70.8-82.9
RACE
White	346	55	18.1	13.6-23.7	291	81.9	76.3-86.4
Other	82	17	18.3	10.1-30.8	65	81.7	69.2-89.9
AGE
18-44	123	28	20.2	13.2-29.7	95	79.8	70.3-86.8
45+	306	45	17.3	12.6-23.2	261	82.7	76.8-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	42	21.9	15.8-29.6	176	78.1	70.4-84.2
Some College +	212	31	14.9	10.0-21.7	181	85.1	78.3-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	58	22.6	17.2-29.1	207	77.4	70.9-82.8
$50,000+	105	10	11.4	5.7-21.6	95	88.6	78.4-94.3

2005 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?