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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 |
-Forsyth County | 107 | 69 | 64.1 | 52.3-74.4 | 17 | 17.1 | 9.7-28.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.7 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.6 | 13 | 12.2 | 6.2-22.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 45 | 34 | 72.1 | 51.8-86.1 | 6 | 14.7 | 5.1-35.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.3 | 4 | 12.0 | 3.7-32.9 |
Female | 62 | 35 | 56.0 | 41.5-69.5 | 11 | 19.5 | 10.4-33.6 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-14.8 | 5 | 8.2 | 3.2-19.2 | 9 | 12.5 | 6.0-24.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 80 | 57 | 73.6 | 62.0-82.6 | 8 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.8 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.7 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.7-13.1 | 9 | 9.9 | 4.8-19.5 |
Other | 27 | 12 | 47.3 | 26.4-69.1 | 9 | 32.1 | 14.9-56.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.3 | 1.0-17.4 | 4 | 16.3 | 4.9-42.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 15 | 11 | 73.1 | 44.7-90.2 | 2 | 14.3 | 3.3-44.8 | 1 | 6.2 | 0.8-33.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 6.4 | 0.9-34.4 |
45+ | 91 | 57 | 61.1 | 48.0-72.8 | 15 | 18.1 | 9.7-31.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.4 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.3 | 12 | 13.9 | 6.8-26.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 41 | 24 | 59.0 | 40.0-75.6 | 8 | 14.3 | 6.6-28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 5.4 | 1.7-16.3 | 6 | 21.3 | 8.4-44.3 |
Some College + | 66 | 45 | 66.9 | 51.8-79.2 | 9 | 18.7 | 8.9-35.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-13.4 | 7 | 7.1 | 3.1-15.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 47 | 22 | 48.6 | 32.3-65.3 | 13 | 28.1 | 15.9-44.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 4.6 | 1.4-13.7 | 9 | 18.7 | 9.2-34.3 |
$50,000+ | 48 | 37 | 73.8 | 56.1-86.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.1-19.9 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-14.4 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.9-17.5 | 4 | 11.4 | 3.4-31.8 |
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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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