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| Total Respond.^ |
Not delayed/no medical care needed | Appt. not soon enough | Wait time too long | No transportation | Other* | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 8,458 | 6,917 | 80.1 | 78.8-81.2 | 357 | 4.5 | 4.0- 5.2 | 209 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.6 | 220 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.3 | 755 | 9.7 | 8.8-10.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,547 | 2,071 | 79.1 | 76.6-81.3 | 109 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.5 | 75 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.3 | 67 | 2.8 | 2.0- 4.0 | 225 | 10.1 | 8.5-11.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 947 | 794 | 81.5 | 77.6-84.9 | 24 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 20 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.9 | 26 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 | 83 | 9.9 | 7.5-13.1 |
| Female | 1,600 | 1,277 | 76.8 | 73.6-79.8 | 85 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.1 | 55 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 | 41 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 142 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,448 | 1,205 | 81.1 | 78.2-83.8 | 65 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.9 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.1 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.6 | 129 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.9 |
| African American | 638 | 504 | 77.3 | 72.1-81.8 | 22 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 30 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 | 30 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.7 | 52 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.5 |
| Other minorities | 431 | 341 | 70.9 | 60.4-79.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 41 | 11.9 | 7.1-19.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 100 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 12.8 | 7.0-22.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,434 | 1,989 | 79.9 | 77.4-82.2 | 100 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 | 70 | 3.4 | 2.3- 4.8 | 65 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.9 | 210 | 9.9 | 8.3-11.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 346 | 268 | 78.8 | 72.9-83.6 | 17 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.3 |
| 35-54 | 735 | 552 | 73.6 | 69.0-77.8 | 49 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.5 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** | 90 | 14.3 | 11.0-18.3 |
| 55-64 | 573 | 467 | 81.3 | 76.6-85.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 61 | 11.9 | 8.7-16.2 |
| 65-74 | 500 | 428 | 85.1 | 80.0-89.0 | 17 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.5 |
| 75+ | 364 | 332 | 89.8 | 84.1-93.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 371 | 280 | 68.4 | 60.5-75.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 13.0 | 8.8-18.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 749 | 616 | 81.6 | 77.3-85.2 | 25 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.7 | 69 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 741 | 584 | 78.3 | 73.9-82.2 | 41 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.1 | 25 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** | 75 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.3 |
| College Graduate | 683 | 589 | 86.1 | 82.3-89.3 | 29 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 42 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 370 | 260 | 64.8 | 56.6-72.2 | 23 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 8.5 | 4.8-14.5 | 46 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 462 | 346 | 73.3 | 67.4-78.5 | 22 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 63 | 15.7 | 11.6-20.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 265 | 218 | 79.0 | 71.1-85.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 10.9 | 6.6-17.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 296 | 249 | 78.3 | 70.3-84.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 12.4 | 7.8-19.2 |
| $50,000+ | 666 | 583 | 88.0 | 84.4-90.9 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 802 | 567 | 64.0 | 58.7-68.9 | 48 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.2 | *** | *** | *** | 45 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 108 | 16.8 | 13.2-21.0 |
| No | 1,709 | 1,476 | 84.5 | 81.7-86.8 | 59 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.6 | 39 | 3.2 | 2.0- 4.9 | *** | *** | *** | 113 | 7.5 | 5.9- 9.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 392 | 340 | 86.0 | 80.7-90.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,154 | 1,731 | 77.8 | 75.0-80.4 | 98 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.9 | 66 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 | 61 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.6 | 198 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.5 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,882 | 1,510 | 78.0 | 75.1-80.6 | 84 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.8 | 56 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.5 | 54 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 | 178 | 10.8 | 8.9-13.0 |
| No | 665 | 561 | 84.0 | 79.5-87.6 | 25 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 47 | 6.9 | 4.6-10.0 |
*Other factors include cost, afforability, work constraints, and access problems.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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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