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| Total Respond.^ |
No prob./no reason to go | Cost/insurance | Access problems | Not thought of it | Other | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,414 | 2,190 | 49.7 | 47.7-51.6 | 1,106 | 25.9 | 24.1-27.7 | 153 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 | 322 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.3 | 643 | 14.0 | 12.8-15.4 |
| -Buncombe County | 106 | 62 | 57.2 | 46.4-67.3 | 28 | 24.8 | 16.8-35.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.7-11.7 | 13 | 13.7 | 7.8-23.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 41 | 28 | 64.6 | 47.0-79.0 | 9 | 24.4 | 12.4-42.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.2 | 3 | 7.1 | 2.2-20.6 |
| Female | 65 | 34 | 50.8 | 37.5-63.9 | 19 | 25.2 | 15.8-37.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.4 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.4 | 10 | 19.5 | 10.4-33.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 96 | 56 | 55.8 | 44.6-66.5 | 25 | 25.7 | 17.1-36.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.0 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-12.8 | 12 | 13.7 | 7.6-23.4 |
| Other | 10 | 6 | 69.7 | 35.2-90.7 | 3 | 16.3 | 4.3-45.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 14.0 | 1.9-57.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 14 | 8 | 59.2 | 32.1-81.6 | 3 | 22.5 | 6.7-54.0 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.8-33.4 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.8-33.4 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.8-33.4 |
| 45+ | 92 | 54 | 56.7 | 45.2-67.6 | 25 | 25.4 | 16.9-36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.5 | 12 | 15.6 | 8.7-26.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 34 | 18 | 49.0 | 30.6-67.7 | 12 | 38.3 | 21.4-58.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.8 | 0.8-31.3 | 3 | 6.9 | 2.1-20.6 |
| Some College + | 72 | 44 | 61.0 | 48.2-72.5 | 16 | 18.5 | 11.1-29.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.6 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.6 | 10 | 16.9 | 9.1-29.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 68 | 37 | 53.4 | 39.9-66.4 | 25 | 36.2 | 24.4-50.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-12.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.2-18.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.9-12.3 |
| $50,000+ | 30 | 21 | 68.8 | 49.2-83.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 28.4 | 14.5-48.2 |
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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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