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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 1,500 328 23.9 20.9-27.2 1,172 76.1 72.8-79.1
AGE
18-24 60 19 33.7 20.4-50.1 41 66.3 49.9-79.6
25-34 198 51 26.1 19.1-34.5 147 73.9 65.5-80.9
35-44 264 70 27.3 21.1-34.4 194 72.7 65.6-78.9
45-54 306 97 31.0 24.9-37.8 209 69.0 62.2-75.1
55-64 301 54 16.4 12.0-22.1 247 83.6 77.9-88.0
65-74 222 20 10.6 6.1-17.7 202 89.4 82.3-93.9
75+ 136 15 8.8 4.9-15.3 121 91.2 84.7-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 303 60 23.2 15.8-32.6 243 76.8 67.4-84.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 500 120 26.6 21.3-32.5 380 73.4 67.5-78.7
Some Post-H.S. 393 98 24.8 19.4-31.0 295 75.2 69.0-80.6
College Graduate 303 50 19.0 13.9-25.6 253 81.0 74.4-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 283 83 32.0 25.3-39.6 200 68.0 60.4-74.7
$15,000- 24,999 348 97 27.7 22.0-34.2 251 72.3 65.8-78.0
$25,000- 34,999 219 46 26.6 18.9-36.0 173 73.4 64.0-81.1
$35,000- 49,999 178 31 19.2 12.6-28.1 147 80.8 71.9-87.4
$50,000-74,999 136 16 16.8 8.7-29.9 120 83.2 70.1-91.3
$75,000+ 98 11 9.8 4.8-18.8 87 90.2 81.2-95.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 557 156 29.2 24.4-34.6 401 70.8 65.4-75.6
No 855 149 21.2 17.3-25.7 706 78.8 74.3-82.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 6 13.8 4.9-33.1 42 86.2 66.9-95.1
Non-Veteran 1,452 322 24.2 21.1-27.6 1,130 75.8 72.4-78.9

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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.

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