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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 437 71 22.5 17.1-29.2 366 77.5 70.8-82.9
GENDER
Male 158 23 18.6 11.2-29.3 135 81.4 70.7-88.8
Female 279 48 25.7 18.5-34.4 231 74.3 65.6-81.5
RACE
White 384 59 20.4 15.2-26.9 325 79.6 73.1-84.8
Other 51 12 31.5 15.7-53.3 39 68.5 46.7-84.3
AGE
18-44 104 31 32.2 21.7-44.8 73 67.8 55.2-78.3
45+ 330 40 14.3 10.3-19.6 290 85.7 80.4-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 42 30.2 21.3-40.9 175 69.8 59.1-78.7
Some College + 220 29 14.6 9.4-21.8 191 85.4 78.2-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 53 35.4 26.7-45.3 169 64.6 54.7-73.3
$50,000+ 130 8 6.6 3.1-13.5 122 93.4 86.5-96.9

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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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