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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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 14,755 2,080 17.1 16.0-18.1 12,675 82.9 81.9-84.0
-Western NC 2,893 417 17.9 15.8-20.2 2,476 82.1 79.8-84.2
GENDER
Male 1,076 121 16.0 12.8-19.9 955 84.0 80.1-87.2
Female 1,817 296 19.7 17.3-22.3 1,521 80.3 77.7-82.7
RACE
White 2,671 372 16.5 14.5-18.6 2,299 83.5 81.4-85.5
African American 94 17 23.5 10.7-44.1 77 76.5 55.9-89.3
Other Minorities 118 27 36.5 23.9-51.2 91 63.5 48.8-76.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 22 43.7 28.0-60.7 47 56.3 39.3-72.0
Non-Hispanic 2,817 395 16.8 14.8-18.9 2,422 83.2 81.1-85.2
AGE
18-24 78 24 35.6 23.3-50.1 54 64.4 49.9-76.7
25-34 237 55 21.4 15.8-28.4 182 78.6 71.6-84.2
35-44 378 90 22.8 18.2-28.2 288 77.2 71.8-81.8
45-54 526 117 22.3 18.4-26.8 409 77.7 73.2-81.6
55-64 644 86 13.2 10.3-16.8 558 86.8 83.2-89.7
65-74 576 27 5.0 3.1- 7.9 549 95.0 92.1-96.9
75+ 442 17 3.3 2.0- 5.5 425 96.7 94.5-98.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 99 26.9 21.3-33.2 360 73.1 66.8-78.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 911 151 21.4 17.4-26.0 760 78.6 74.0-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 749 109 15.8 12.4-20.0 640 84.2 80.0-87.6
College Graduate 768 58 10.5 7.5-14.6 710 89.5 85.4-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 80 30.3 23.4-38.3 271 69.7 61.7-76.6
$15,000- 24,999 560 129 29.0 24.0-34.7 431 71.0 65.3-76.0
$25,000- 34,999 313 58 25.9 18.4-35.2 255 74.1 64.8-81.6
$35,000- 49,999 452 48 10.9 7.7-15.2 404 89.1 84.8-92.3
$50,000-74,999 395 31 9.5 6.2-14.4 364 90.5 85.6-93.8
$75,000+ 431 22 6.0 3.6- 9.9 409 94.0 90.1-96.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,122 217 25.1 21.4-29.2 905 74.9 70.8-78.6
No 1,646 181 14.2 11.8-17.1 1,465 85.8 82.9-88.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 27 6.2 4.0- 9.4 414 93.8 90.6-96.0
Non-Veteran 2,452 390 19.8 17.4-22.3 2,062 80.2 77.7-82.6

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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.

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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