BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (What is the main reason you have not visited an eye care professional in the past 12 months?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*

What is the main reason you have not visited an eye care professional in the past 12 months?*

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	Total Respond.^	No prob./no reason to go	Cost/insurance	Access problems	Not thought of it	Other
North Carolina	3,867	1,950	51.9	49.9-53.9	988	24.5	22.8-26.2	178	4.4	3.6- 5.3	271	7.0	6.0- 8.1	480	12.2	11.0-13.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	95	53	57.0	45.2-68.1	21	22.4	14.4-33.3	4	2.4	0.9- 6.5	7	7.2	3.1-15.8	10	10.9	4.7-23.4
Buncombe	94	47	56.4	45.3-67.0	31	27.9	19.4-38.4	3	4.1	1.1-13.4	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9	12	10.7	6.0-18.5
Cabarrus	108	45	37.6	27.9-48.3	36	35.8	26.1-46.9	3	2.1	0.6- 6.9	4	3.6	1.4- 9.4	20	20.9	12.9-31.9
Catawba	112	51	49.4	38.8-60.0	31	26.1	17.8-36.5	7	4.3	1.8-10.0	9	7.0	3.4-13.6	14	13.3	7.5-22.4
Cumberland	112	55	47.3	36.7-58.1	34	33.5	23.8-45.0	6	5.3	2.1-12.8	6	4.2	1.7-10.0	11	9.7	5.2-17.5
Davidson	114	55	54.9	44.4-64.9	34	24.2	16.9-33.4	7	4.7	2.1-10.2	4	2.3	0.8- 6.2	14	14.0	7.9-23.5
Durham	90	50	59.8	48.2-70.3	17	18.7	11.2-29.3	6	5.6	2.3-12.6	6	5.0	2.2-11.1	11	11.0	5.7-20.2
Forsyth	102	49	46.3	35.3-57.7	19	21.6	13.1-33.7	5	4.6	1.7-11.4	13	13.6	7.1-24.6	16	13.8	7.9-23.2
Gaston	104	47	46.9	36.3-57.8	29	26.6	18.1-37.4	2	1.9	0.4- 8.1	10	10.1	5.3-18.3	16	14.6	8.5-23.7
Guilford	100	50	51.2	39.8-62.4	28	27.7	18.5-39.3	4	5.9	1.9-16.8	7	5.0	2.3-10.7	11	10.2	5.1-19.3
Iredell	104	55	53.0	41.8-63.9	24	24.6	16.1-35.8	9	8.9	4.1-18.4	6	5.1	2.2-11.4	10	8.3	4.3-15.6
Johnston	95	46	45.3	33.5-57.7	31	29.3	20.0-40.8	4	6.2	1.7-20.5	3	3.8	1.1-12.5	11	15.4	7.7-28.6
Mecklenburg	199	121	61.3	53.3-68.7	36	17.7	12.2-25.0	10	5.2	2.7-10.0	13	5.7	3.2-10.2	19	10.0	6.1-16.0
New Hanover	97	44	45.1	34.5-56.3	22	21.6	13.6-32.5	3	2.5	0.7- 7.9	11	10.7	5.7-19.1	17	20.1	12.2-31.5
Onslow	86	41	46.5	34.9-58.5	23	25.8	16.9-37.4	2	3.7	0.9-14.2	8	9.6	4.4-19.7	12	14.4	7.7-25.5
Orange	85	55	67.5	55.8-77.4	8	7.8	3.5-16.3	6	5.4	2.3-11.9	9	12.0	6.1-22.4	7	7.3	3.4-15.1
Pitt	78	35	46.2	34.0-58.9	24	30.7	20.0-43.9	5	7.3	2.7-18.3	7	8.2	3.8-16.9	7	7.6	3.3-16.3
Randolph	109	57	51.2	40.5-61.7	27	25.6	17.4-36.0	1	2.2	0.3-13.8	11	9.7	5.1-17.8	13	11.3	6.2-19.9
Robeson	96	41	41.6	31.3-52.8	30	32.4	22.8-43.7	5	4.7	1.8-11.8	8	9.5	4.5-18.9	12	11.7	6.5-20.3
Rowan	119	52	48.9	38.8-59.1	36	27.9	19.8-37.8	3	2.7	0.8- 8.6	9	8.0	4.1-15.2	19	12.4	7.6-19.8
Union	105	53	50.5	39.6-61.3	24	25.6	16.8-37.0	5	3.4	1.2- 8.8	6	4.0	1.6- 9.4	17	16.5	10.1-26.0
Wake	125	79	66.5	56.8-75.1	24	15.5	9.7-23.7	2	1.0	0.2- 4.0	5	4.6	1.9-11.1	15	12.4	7.3-20.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	105	54	49.4	38.5-60.4	32	31.2	21.8-42.5	2	2.0	0.5- 7.6	4	6.0	2.2-15.6	13	11.4	6.3-19.7
Northeast Partnership II***	146	83	54.0	44.5-63.2	29	21.4	14.7-30.1	9	5.6	2.7-11.4	10	9.0	4.7-16.5	15	10.0	5.8-16.7
Northeast Partnership I***	97	49	48.3	37.4-59.5	24	26.6	17.5-38.4	5	3.3	1.3- 8.1	9	11.6	5.9-21.8	10	10.0	5.3-18.2
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	100	51	53.2	42.0-64.1	31	28.2	19.4-39.1	3	2.1	0.5- 8.6	4	4.7	1.6-13.0	11	11.8	6.1-21.6
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	118	52	43.8	33.5-54.6	35	28.2	19.9-38.3	4	5.0	1.8-13.2	8	7.5	2.7-18.7	19	15.5	9.4-24.5
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	112	53	49.7	39.5-60.0	34	28.6	20.2-38.6	6	3.7	1.6- 8.2	11	12.1	6.4-21.5	8	5.9	2.8-12.0
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	99	49	48.8	37.8-59.9	27	29.6	20.3-40.9	6	4.7	2.0-10.9	6	4.9	2.0-11.6	11	12.0	6.2-22.1
Chatham/Lee/Moore	109	51	50.6	39.7-61.5	23	19.6	12.6-29.2	7	4.6	2.1- 9.7	12	8.7	4.2-17.1	16	16.5	9.8-26.5
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	127	59	45.8	36.3-55.7	33	28.2	20.1-37.9	7	5.9	2.5-13.2	10	8.6	4.4-16.2	18	11.5	7.0-18.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	125	63	54.0	43.7-63.9	34	18.9	13.0-26.8	6	4.9	2.1-11.4	7	6.7	2.9-14.8	15	15.4	8.7-25.9
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	122	61	53.6	43.3-63.5	30	25.9	18.0-35.7	7	5.2	2.4-11.2	5	3.5	1.3- 9.0	19	11.8	7.2-18.6
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	116	53	51.9	41.2-62.4	35	27.0	18.9-37.1	5	2.6	1.0- 6.8	9	7.6	3.5-15.7	14	10.9	6.2-18.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	162	91	47.9	38.4-57.6	32	23.1	15.7-32.5	9	7.5	3.8-14.5	13	8.6	4.3-16.3	17	12.9	7.1-22.2
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	279	148	50.6	43.7-57.3	63	23.8	18.4-30.2	15	4.4	2.5- 7.7	21	10.0	6.3-15.4	32	11.2	7.7-15.9
No	3,588	1,802	52.0	49.9-54.1	925	24.5	22.8-26.3	163	4.4	3.6- 5.3	250	6.8	5.8- 7.9	448	12.3	11.0-13.8
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,238	599	47.8	44.4-51.3	349	28.1	25.1-31.3	57	4.5	3.3- 6.2	87	7.8	5.9-10.1	146	11.8	9.8-14.2
Piedmont	2,166	1,110	53.9	51.2-56.5	521	22.5	20.4-24.8	98	3.9	3.1- 5.1	162	7.1	5.9- 8.5	275	12.6	10.9-14.5
Western NC	463	241	52.5	46.7-58.2	118	24.7	20.2-29.9	23	5.6	3.5- 9.0	22	5.3	3.1- 9.0	59	11.8	8.5-16.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	256	138	50.3	42.6-57.9	63	24.4	18.4-31.6	12	6.6	3.6-11.8	14	6.5	3.3-12.1	29	12.3	7.7-19.1
Northwest	825	393	51.0	46.7-55.3	220	24.3	20.9-28.1	48	5.1	3.6- 7.1	53	6.5	4.6- 9.2	111	13.1	10.4-16.3
Charlotte	616	311	53.0	48.1-57.8	158	24.3	20.3-28.7	20	3.2	1.9- 5.4	45	7.2	5.1-10.1	82	12.3	9.5-15.8
Greensboro	495	275	55.8	50.1-61.3	103	21.7	17.3-26.8	20	4.1	2.1- 7.7	45	7.9	5.6-11.1	52	10.6	7.6-14.6
Southern Regional	373	166	43.8	37.5-50.3	107	29.9	24.3-36.1	24	5.8	3.7- 9.1	25	8.2	4.5-14.4	51	12.3	8.9-16.8
Coastal	210	102	50.9	43.0-58.8	55	26.1	19.6-33.8	6	1.9	0.8- 4.4	20	9.1	5.5-14.5	27	12.0	8.0-17.6
Wake	457	245	58.0	52.2-63.5	112	20.9	16.8-25.7	20	3.1	1.9- 5.1	27	5.5	3.4- 8.6	53	12.5	9.1-16.9
Area L	161	90	56.5	47.6-65.0	36	20.8	14.6-28.8	7	2.7	1.1- 6.6	12	9.7	5.3-17.2	16	10.3	6.2-16.8
Eastern	474	230	47.4	41.8-53.0	134	28.6	23.8-33.9	21	5.4	3.2- 9.1	30	5.9	3.9- 8.9	59	12.7	9.4-17.1

Total
Respond.^

No prob./no reason to go

Cost/insurance

Access problems

Not thought of it

Other

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,867

1,950

51.9

49.9-53.9

988

24.5

22.8-26.2

178

4.4

3.6- 5.3

271

7.0

6.0- 8.1

480

12.2

11.0-13.6

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

57.0

45.2-68.1

22.4

14.4-33.3

2.4

0.9- 6.5

7.2

3.1-15.8

10.9

4.7-23.4

Buncombe

56.4

45.3-67.0

27.9

19.4-38.4

4.1

1.1-13.4

0.9

0.1- 5.9

10.7

6.0-18.5

Cabarrus

108

37.6

27.9-48.3

35.8

26.1-46.9

2.1

0.6- 6.9

3.6

1.4- 9.4

20.9

12.9-31.9

Catawba

112

49.4

38.8-60.0

26.1

17.8-36.5

4.3

1.8-10.0

7.0

3.4-13.6

13.3

7.5-22.4

Cumberland

112

47.3

36.7-58.1

33.5

23.8-45.0

5.3

2.1-12.8

4.2

1.7-10.0

9.7

5.2-17.5

Davidson

114

54.9

44.4-64.9

24.2

16.9-33.4

4.7

2.1-10.2

2.3

0.8- 6.2

14.0

7.9-23.5

Durham

59.8

48.2-70.3

18.7

11.2-29.3

5.6

2.3-12.6

5.0

2.2-11.1

11.0

5.7-20.2

Forsyth

102

46.3

35.3-57.7

21.6

13.1-33.7

4.6

1.7-11.4

13.6

7.1-24.6

13.8

7.9-23.2

Gaston

104

46.9

36.3-57.8

26.6

18.1-37.4

1.9

0.4- 8.1

10.1

5.3-18.3

14.6

8.5-23.7

Guilford

100

51.2

39.8-62.4

27.7

18.5-39.3

5.9

1.9-16.8

5.0

2.3-10.7

10.2

5.1-19.3

Iredell

104

53.0

41.8-63.9

24.6

16.1-35.8

8.9

4.1-18.4

5.1

2.2-11.4

8.3

4.3-15.6

Johnston

45.3

33.5-57.7

29.3

20.0-40.8

6.2

1.7-20.5

3.8

1.1-12.5

15.4

7.7-28.6

Mecklenburg

199

121

61.3

53.3-68.7

17.7

12.2-25.0

5.2

2.7-10.0

5.7

3.2-10.2

10.0

6.1-16.0

New Hanover

45.1

34.5-56.3

21.6

13.6-32.5

2.5

0.7- 7.9

10.7

5.7-19.1

20.1

12.2-31.5

Onslow

46.5

34.9-58.5

25.8

16.9-37.4

3.7

0.9-14.2

9.6

4.4-19.7

14.4

7.7-25.5

Orange

67.5

55.8-77.4

7.8

3.5-16.3

5.4

2.3-11.9

12.0

6.1-22.4

7.3

3.4-15.1

Pitt

46.2

34.0-58.9

30.7

20.0-43.9

7.3

2.7-18.3

8.2

3.8-16.9

7.6

3.3-16.3

Randolph

109

51.2

40.5-61.7

25.6

17.4-36.0

2.2

0.3-13.8

9.7

5.1-17.8

11.3

6.2-19.9

Robeson

41.6

31.3-52.8

32.4

22.8-43.7

4.7

1.8-11.8

9.5

4.5-18.9

11.7

6.5-20.3

Rowan

119

48.9

38.8-59.1

27.9

19.8-37.8

2.7

0.8- 8.6

8.0

4.1-15.2

12.4

7.6-19.8

Union

105

50.5

39.6-61.3

25.6

16.8-37.0

3.4

1.2- 8.8

4.0

1.6- 9.4

16.5

10.1-26.0

Wake

125

66.5

56.8-75.1

15.5

9.7-23.7

1.0

0.2- 4.0

4.6

1.9-11.1

12.4

7.3-20.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

105

49.4

38.5-60.4

31.2

21.8-42.5

2.0

0.5- 7.6

6.0

2.2-15.6

11.4

6.3-19.7

Northeast Partnership II***

146

54.0

44.5-63.2

21.4

14.7-30.1

5.6

2.7-11.4

9.0

4.7-16.5

10.0

5.8-16.7

Northeast Partnership I***

48.3

37.4-59.5

26.6

17.5-38.4

3.3

1.3- 8.1

11.6

5.9-21.8

10.0

5.3-18.2

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

100

53.2

42.0-64.1

28.2

19.4-39.1

2.1

0.5- 8.6

4.7

1.6-13.0

11.8

6.1-21.6

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

118

43.8

33.5-54.6

28.2

19.9-38.3

5.0

1.8-13.2

7.5

2.7-18.7

15.5

9.4-24.5

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

112

49.7

39.5-60.0

28.6

20.2-38.6

3.7

1.6- 8.2

12.1

6.4-21.5

5.9

2.8-12.0

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

48.8

37.8-59.9

29.6

20.3-40.9

4.7

2.0-10.9

4.9

2.0-11.6

12.0

6.2-22.1

Chatham/Lee/Moore

109

50.6

39.7-61.5

19.6

12.6-29.2

4.6

2.1- 9.7

8.7

4.2-17.1

16.5

9.8-26.5

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

127

45.8

36.3-55.7

28.2

20.1-37.9

5.9

2.5-13.2

8.6

4.4-16.2

11.5

7.0-18.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

125

54.0

43.7-63.9

18.9

13.0-26.8

4.9

2.1-11.4

6.7

2.9-14.8

15.4

8.7-25.9

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

122

53.6

43.3-63.5

25.9

18.0-35.7

5.2

2.4-11.2

3.5

1.3- 9.0

11.8

7.2-18.6

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

116

51.9

41.2-62.4

27.0

18.9-37.1

2.6

1.0- 6.8

7.6

3.5-15.7

10.9

6.2-18.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

162

47.9

38.4-57.6

23.1

15.7-32.5

7.5

3.8-14.5

8.6

4.3-16.3

12.9

7.1-22.2

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

279

148

50.6

43.7-57.3

23.8

18.4-30.2

4.4

2.5- 7.7

10.0

6.3-15.4

11.2

7.7-15.9

3,588

1,802

52.0

49.9-54.1

925

24.5

22.8-26.3

163

4.4

3.6- 5.3

250

6.8

5.8- 7.9

448

12.3

11.0-13.8

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,238

599

47.8

44.4-51.3

349

28.1

25.1-31.3

4.5

3.3- 6.2

7.8

5.9-10.1

146

11.8

9.8-14.2

Piedmont

2,166

1,110

53.9

51.2-56.5

521

22.5

20.4-24.8

3.9

3.1- 5.1

162

7.1

5.9- 8.5

275

12.6

10.9-14.5

Western NC

463

241

52.5

46.7-58.2

118

24.7

20.2-29.9

5.6

3.5- 9.0

5.3

3.1- 9.0

11.8

8.5-16.3

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

256

138

50.3

42.6-57.9

24.4

18.4-31.6

6.6

3.6-11.8

6.5

3.3-12.1

12.3

7.7-19.1

Northwest

825

393

51.0

46.7-55.3

220

24.3

20.9-28.1

5.1

3.6- 7.1

6.5

4.6- 9.2

111

13.1

10.4-16.3

Charlotte

616

311

53.0

48.1-57.8

158

24.3

20.3-28.7

3.2

1.9- 5.4

7.2

5.1-10.1

12.3

9.5-15.8

Greensboro

495

275

55.8

50.1-61.3

103

21.7

17.3-26.8

4.1

2.1- 7.7

7.9

5.6-11.1

10.6

7.6-14.6

Southern Regional

373

166

43.8

37.5-50.3

107

29.9

24.3-36.1

5.8

3.7- 9.1

8.2

4.5-14.4

12.3

8.9-16.8

Coastal

210

102

50.9

43.0-58.8

26.1

19.6-33.8

1.9

0.8- 4.4

9.1

5.5-14.5

12.0

8.0-17.6

Wake

457

245

58.0

52.2-63.5

112

20.9

16.8-25.7

3.1

1.9- 5.1

5.5

3.4- 8.6

12.5

9.1-16.9

Area L

161

56.5

47.6-65.0

20.8

14.6-28.8

2.7

1.1- 6.6

9.7

5.3-17.2

10.3

6.2-16.8

Eastern

474

230

47.4

41.8-53.0

134

28.6

23.8-33.9

5.4

3.2- 9.1

5.9

3.9- 8.9

12.7

9.4-17.1

Back to Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care*.

Asked only of respondents age 40 and older.
*NOTE: These questions on visual impairment/eyecare have never been asked previously in the NC BRFSS Survey.

^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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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