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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Health Care Access

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 13,259 1,914 17.1 15.9-18.4 11,345 82.9 81.6-84.1
-Mecklenburg County 615 97 20.8 16.1-26.3 518 79.2 73.7-83.9
GENDER
Male 231 28 17.9 12.0-25.8 203 82.1 74.2-88.0
Female 384 69 23.3 16.8-31.5 315 76.7 68.5-83.2
RACE
White 426 43 12.5 8.6-17.7 383 87.5 82.3-91.4
Other 178 52 33.7 24.3-44.6 126 66.3 55.4-75.7
AGE
18-44 191 40 26.0 18.2-35.7 151 74.0 64.3-81.8
45+ 416 55 14.7 11.1-19.4 361 85.3 80.6-88.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 34 30.5 20.7-42.5 115 69.5 57.5-79.3
Some College + 463 63 17.2 12.3-23.7 400 82.8 76.3-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 65 40.5 30.8-51.0 167 59.5 49.0-69.2
$50,000+ 281 20 8.7 5.2-14.0 261 91.3 86.0-94.8

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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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