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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 605 72 15.5 11.4-20.7 533 84.5 79.3-88.6
GENDER
Male 232 25 15.1 8.9-24.4 207 84.9 75.6-91.1
Female 373 47 15.8 11.3-21.7 326 84.2 78.3-88.7
RACE
White 462 38 9.6 6.4-14.3 424 90.4 85.7-93.6
Other 138 32 27.9 17.9-40.7 106 72.1 59.3-82.1
AGE
18-44 221 34 18.6 12.3-27.1 187 81.4 72.9-87.7
45+ 375 38 11.1 7.9-15.4 337 88.9 84.6-92.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 33 31.3 19.6-46.0 97 68.7 54.0-80.4
Some College + 475 39 10.0 6.7-14.6 436 90.0 85.4-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 46 33.8 23.4-46.0 130 66.2 54.0-76.6
$50,000+ 341 16 7.1 3.8-13.1 325 92.9 86.9-96.2

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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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