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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 13,259 1,914 17.1 15.9-18.4 11,345 82.9 81.6-84.1
-Piedmont NC 6,777 918 17.0 15.4-18.7 5,859 83.0 81.3-84.6
GENDER
Male 2,561 314 15.8 13.4-18.5 2,247 84.2 81.5-86.6
Female 4,216 604 18.1 16.1-20.3 3,612 81.9 79.7-83.9
RACE
White 5,449 619 13.5 11.9-15.2 4,830 86.5 84.8-88.1
African American 933 183 23.2 19.0-28.0 750 76.8 72.0-81.0
Other Minorities 341 106 28.3 21.4-36.3 235 71.7 63.7-78.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 89 32.7 24.0-42.7 149 67.3 57.3-76.0
Non-Hispanic 6,515 824 15.6 14.1-17.2 5,691 84.4 82.8-85.9
AGE
18-24 184 38 20.8 14.1-29.5 146 79.2 70.5-85.9
25-34 638 144 22.6 18.5-27.3 494 77.4 72.7-81.5
35-44 1,094 209 19.0 15.6-23.0 885 81.0 77.0-84.4
45-54 1,350 248 19.2 16.0-22.8 1,102 80.8 77.2-84.0
55-64 1,381 176 14.4 11.7-17.5 1,205 85.6 82.5-88.3
65+ 2,061 94 4.7 3.5- 6.3 1,967 95.3 93.7-96.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 830 187 27.1 21.6-33.5 643 72.9 66.5-78.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,852 296 22.2 18.7-26.2 1,556 77.8 73.8-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,638 235 17.2 14.1-20.6 1,403 82.8 79.4-85.9
College Graduate 2,444 199 9.2 7.5-11.1 2,245 90.8 88.9-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 613 180 39.4 31.6-47.9 433 60.6 52.1-68.4
$15,000- 24,999 950 242 33.5 28.3-39.3 708 66.5 60.7-71.7
$25,000- 34,999 641 122 27.5 21.3-34.7 519 72.5 65.3-78.7
$35,000- 49,999 846 106 16.1 12.5-20.4 740 83.9 79.6-87.5
$50,000-74,999 959 80 12.6 9.0-17.3 879 87.4 82.7-91.0
$75,000+ 1,706 57 3.2 2.3- 4.5 1,649 96.8 95.5-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,154 423 27.4 23.8-31.3 1,731 72.6 68.7-76.2
No 4,197 430 12.7 11.0-14.5 3,767 87.3 85.5-89.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 789 73 10.9 7.9-15.0 716 89.1 85.0-92.1
Non-Veteran 5,425 779 18.1 16.3-20.1 4,646 81.9 79.9-83.7

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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.

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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