2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access-FEMALES

How many times have you been to a doctor, nurse, or other health professional in the past 12 months?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 or more visits Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,021 1,208 17.1 15.9-18.3 1,434 18.7 17.5-20.0 1,148 14.0 13.0-15.1 3,420 37.1 35.7-38.6 811 13.1 12.0-14.2
-FEMALES 4,872 658 14.0 12.7-15.4 838 17.9 16.4-19.6 736 15.5 14.1-17.1 2,264 42.9 40.9-44.8 376 9.7 8.5-11.0
RACE
White 3,379 439 12.9 11.5-14.5 574 17.2 15.4-19.0 522 15.5 13.9-17.3 1,602 45.8 43.5-48.1 242 8.6 7.3-10.1
African American 1,018 155 16.2 13.2-19.8 183 18.7 15.4-22.6 162 18.1 14.7-22.0 454 38.6 34.4-42.9 64 8.4 6.1-11.4
Other Minorities 429 57 17.6 12.4-24.5 71 20.2 14.3-27.7 49 10.0 6.2-15.7 192 31.5 25.1-38.7 60 20.7 15.0-27.9
AGE
18-34 634 99 15.5 12.4-19.2 117 19.7 15.8-24.2 84 13.6 10.6-17.3 256 38.2 33.7-42.8 78 13.1 10.1-16.8
35-44 605 91 14.1 11.0-17.9 104 16.2 13.0-20.0 96 18.5 14.5-23.2 242 38.6 33.8-43.6 72 12.7 9.8-16.3
45-54 840 142 17.3 14.2-21.0 142 15.5 12.6-19.0 124 15.0 12.2-18.5 355 41.2 36.8-45.8 77 10.9 8.3-14.1
55-64 1,032 137 12.8 10.4-15.6 184 20.4 17.1-24.2 144 14.2 11.7-17.1 512 46.9 42.9-50.9 55 5.7 4.1- 8.0
65-74 947 96 10.8 8.4-13.7 153 17.7 14.6-21.3 151 17.4 14.2-21.2 494 49.6 45.3-53.9 53 4.5 3.2- 6.2
75+ 760 85 9.4 7.2-12.2 134 17.3 14.1-21.0 124 16.7 13.4-20.5 379 50.4 45.4-55.3 38 6.2 3.9- 9.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 80 15.0 11.3-19.5 84 11.6 8.8-15.1 73 11.0 8.1-14.7 285 46.6 40.9-52.4 71 15.8 11.8-20.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,361 197 14.9 12.4-17.8 238 18.5 15.7-21.6 200 16.1 13.4-19.1 604 40.0 36.4-43.6 122 10.6 8.5-13.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,412 177 12.7 10.5-15.2 240 19.0 16.1-22.4 214 15.8 13.2-18.7 674 42.9 39.4-46.4 107 9.6 7.6-12.2
College Graduate 1,501 203 14.4 12.2-17.0 276 19.5 16.8-22.6 248 17.4 14.9-20.2 699 43.8 40.5-47.2 75 4.9 3.7- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 63 11.4 8.4-15.4 96 14.9 11.4-19.1 75 10.4 7.6-14.2 357 52.9 47.2-58.5 55 10.4 7.4-14.4
$15,000- 24,999 892 136 16.5 13.4-20.2 131 14.7 11.7-18.3 116 14.1 10.9-18.0 413 41.6 37.2-46.2 96 13.1 10.3-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 488 69 16.0 11.3-22.1 69 14.5 10.7-19.2 87 17.8 13.4-23.2 229 42.4 36.3-48.7 34 9.3 6.2-13.8
$35,000- 49,999 585 85 15.4 11.9-19.8 110 19.8 15.8-24.5 96 16.8 12.7-22.0 257 40.6 35.3-46.2 37 7.3 4.7-11.1
$50,000- 74,999 490 67 13.8 10.2-18.3 93 19.0 14.3-24.9 88 18.0 14.1-22.7 214 41.1 35.3-47.1 28 8.1 4.8-13.1
$75,000+ 786 106 13.6 10.7-17.1 163 21.8 18.1-26.1 129 17.7 14.3-21.8 357 42.9 38.3-47.6 31 3.9 2.5- 6.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,370 80 6.3 4.7- 8.3 129 9.5 7.5-12.1 157 11.1 9.0-13.6 953 68.6 65.0-72.1 51 4.5 3.1- 6.4
No 3,436 573 16.3 14.7-18.0 700 20.6 18.8-22.7 568 16.8 15.1-18.7 1,277 35.1 32.9-37.3 318 11.2 9.7-12.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 16.2 9.5-26.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 4,761 644 14.0 12.7-15.4 820 18.0 16.5-19.7 717 15.5 14.1-17.1 2,215 42.8 40.8-44.7 365 9.7 8.5-11.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,587 347 14.7 12.8-16.7 456 18.1 16.0-20.4 388 15.3 13.5-17.3 1,203 42.9 40.3-45.6 193 9.1 7.5-10.8
No 2,285 311 13.3 11.5-15.3 382 17.7 15.6-20.2 348 15.8 13.7-18.2 1,061 42.8 39.9-45.7 183 10.3 8.6-12.4

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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.

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