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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 412 51 18.3 12.6-25.7 361 81.7 74.3-87.4
GENDER
Male 161 18 14.7 7.8-26.2 143 85.3 73.8-92.2
Female 251 33 21.6 13.7-32.5 218 78.4 67.5-86.3
RACE
White 350 38 16.6 10.4-25.4 312 83.4 74.6-89.6
Other 60 13 26.6 14.6-43.5 47 73.4 56.5-85.4
AGE
18-44 88 21 25.0 14.7-39.2 67 75.0 60.8-85.3
45+ 317 29 12.1 7.5-18.8 288 87.9 81.2-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 17 24.7 13.1-41.6 112 75.3 58.4-86.9
Some College + 283 34 15.2 9.8-22.8 249 84.8 77.2-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 36 37.6 25.8-51.2 135 62.4 48.8-74.2
$50,000+ 177 9 6.9 2.7-16.4 168 93.1 83.6-97.3

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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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