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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 369 45 16.2 11.3-22.8 324 83.8 77.2-88.7
GENDER
Male 118 14 16.8 9.4-28.2 104 83.2 71.8-90.6
Female 251 31 15.9 9.9-24.5 220 84.1 75.5-90.1
RACE
White 319 32 11.1 7.4-16.3 287 88.9 83.7-92.6
Other 49 12 34.4 18.2-55.2 37 65.6 44.8-81.8
AGE
18-44 145 25 20.1 12.5-30.6 120 79.9 69.4-87.5
45+ 221 20 11.1 6.8-17.5 201 88.9 82.5-93.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 18 23.2 14.3-35.3 115 76.8 64.7-85.7
Some College + 235 27 12.6 7.4-20.8 208 87.4 79.2-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 31 33.3 23.4-44.8 111 66.7 55.2-76.6
$50,000+ 179 8 4.2 2.0- 8.8 171 95.8 91.2-98.0

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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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