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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,623 2,178 16.0 15.2-16.9 13,445 84.0 83.1-84.8
-Mtn. AHEC 928 137 16.0 12.9-19.6 791 84.0 80.4-87.1
GENDER
Male 347 39 13.8 9.3-19.9 308 86.2 80.1-90.7
Female 581 98 17.9 14.0-22.6 483 82.1 77.4-86.0
RACE
White 826 112 15.0 11.8-18.8 714 85.0 81.2-88.2
Other 98 24 25.8 15.8-39.2 74 74.2 60.8-84.2
AGE
18-44 242 57 21.2 15.3-28.5 185 78.8 71.5-84.7
45+ 685 80 12.2 9.3-15.9 605 87.8 84.1-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 392 69 18.8 13.8-25.0 323 81.2 75.0-86.2
Some College + 531 68 13.9 10.2-18.6 463 86.1 81.4-89.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 111 22.8 18.2-28.3 452 77.2 71.7-81.8
$50,000+ 235 11 2.3 1.1- 4.8 224 97.7 95.2-98.9

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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