BRFSS 2005 - 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	17,239	2,534	15.6	14.8-16.4	14,705	84.4	83.6-85.2
-Buncombe County	453	63	15.9	11.8-21.1	390	84.1	78.9-88.2
GENDER
Male	161	18	13.8	7.8-23.1	143	86.2	76.9-92.2
Female	292	45	18.0	13.0-24.2	247	82.0	75.8-87.0
RACE
White	384	48	14.4	10.6-19.3	336	85.6	80.7-89.4
Other	69	15	22.1	10.2-41.4	54	77.9	58.6-89.8
AGE
18-44	170	37	21.4	14.7-30.1	133	78.6	69.9-85.3
45+	281	26	8.8	5.7-13.2	255	91.2	86.8-94.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	32	23.4	15.3-34.2	147	76.6	65.8-84.7
Some College +	271	30	10.9	7.3-16.1	241	89.1	83.9-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	51	22.2	15.9-30.0	211	77.8	70.0-84.1
$50,000+	122	4	3.6	1.2-10.0	118	96.4	90.0-98.8

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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
-Buncombe County	453	63	15.9	11.8-21.1	390	84.1	78.9-88.2
GENDER
Male	161	18	13.8	7.8-23.1	143	86.2	76.9-92.2
Female	292	45	18.0	13.0-24.2	247	82.0	75.8-87.0
RACE
White	384	48	14.4	10.6-19.3	336	85.6	80.7-89.4
Other	69	15	22.1	10.2-41.4	54	77.9	58.6-89.8
AGE
18-44	170	37	21.4	14.7-30.1	133	78.6	69.9-85.3
45+	281	26	8.8	5.7-13.2	255	91.2	86.8-94.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	32	23.4	15.3-34.2	147	76.6	65.8-84.7
Some College +	271	30	10.9	7.3-16.1	241	89.1	83.9-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	51	22.2	15.9-30.0	211	77.8	70.0-84.1
$50,000+	122	4	3.6	1.2-10.0	118	96.4	90.0-98.8

2005 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?