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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 4,934 | 4,048 | 80.7 | 79.1-82.2 | 212 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.5 | 116 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 | 121 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.2 | 437 | 9.5 | 8.4-10.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,920 | 1,647 | 84.9 | 82.8-86.9 | 69 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.2 | 42 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 32 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 130 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.7 |
| Female | 3,014 | 2,401 | 76.8 | 74.5-79.0 | 143 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.6 | 74 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.0 | 89 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.3 | 307 | 11.7 | 10.1-13.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 3,578 | 2,998 | 82.9 | 81.1-84.5 | 153 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.7 | 59 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.5 | 64 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 | 304 | 9.0 | 7.7-10.4 |
| African American | 973 | 756 | 74.1 | 70.0-77.9 | 39 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.1 | 40 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.2 | 41 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.5 | 97 | 11.9 | 9.2-15.2 |
| Other minorities | 335 | 254 | 79.6 | 74.4-84.0 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.8 | 17 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 302 | 215 | 71.4 | 65.3-76.8 | 23 | 7.2 | 4.6-11.2 | 23 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.2 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,609 | 3,818 | 81.7 | 80.0-83.2 | 189 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.4 | 92 | 2.2 | 1.7- 2.9 | 108 | 2.4 | 1.8- 3.1 | 402 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 720 | 557 | 78.5 | 74.8-81.7 | 47 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.5 | 27 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** | 77 | 9.9 | 7.7-12.7 |
| 35-54 | 1,540 | 1,191 | 77.5 | 74.7-80.1 | 89 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.8 | 44 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.4 | 48 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 | 168 | 11.2 | 9.3-13.5 |
| 55-64 | 988 | 794 | 81.1 | 77.9-84.0 | 40 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.5 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.3 | 30 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.7 | 102 | 9.5 | 7.5-12.0 |
| 65-74 | 891 | 782 | 88.0 | 85.0-90.5 | 18 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 65 | 7.3 | 5.3- 9.9 |
| 75+ | 747 | 681 | 91.7 | 88.7-93.9 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 659 | 502 | 74.6 | 70.0-78.8 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.6 | 25 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.7 | 33 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.8 | 70 | 9.8 | 7.4-12.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,343 | 1,082 | 79.0 | 75.9-81.8 | 54 | 4.2 | 3.0- 6.0 | 47 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.7 | 44 | 2.7 | 1.8- 3.9 | 116 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,293 | 1,058 | 80.8 | 77.6-83.6 | 54 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 | 26 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.5 | 33 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 122 | 10.4 | 8.3-13.1 |
| College Graduate | 1,633 | 1,401 | 86.0 | 83.7-88.0 | 75 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.5 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 | *** | *** | *** | 129 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 542 | 347 | 59.0 | 53.1-64.7 | 38 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.6 | 27 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.3 | 49 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.4 | 81 | 18.7 | 14.4-23.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 847 | 630 | 70.7 | 66.2-74.7 | 42 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.2 | 33 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.3 | 113 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 455 | 376 | 80.4 | 75.0-84.8 | 22 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.9 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 499 | 85.6 | 80.9-89.3 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.9 |
| $50,000+ | 1,516 | 1,335 | 88.2 | 85.8-90.3 | 62 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 101 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,320 | 940 | 69.0 | 65.3-72.4 | 88 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.5 | 44 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.5 | 83 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.3 | 165 | 13.3 | 10.9-16.0 |
| No | 3,545 | 3,057 | 84.2 | 82.4-85.8 | 120 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.7 | 70 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.2 | 36 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 | 262 | 8.5 | 7.2- 9.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 553 | 485 | 86.6 | 82.4-90.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,378 | 3,560 | 80.0 | 78.3-81.6 | 194 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.7 | 108 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.5 | 113 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 403 | 9.8 | 8.7-11.1 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,832 | 1,501 | 80.2 | 77.4-82.7 | 71 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.1 | 39 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.8 | 38 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.6 | 183 | 11.8 | 9.7-14.3 |
| No | 3,102 | 2,547 | 80.9 | 79.0-82.7 | 141 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.2 | 77 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.6 | 83 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 | 254 | 8.5 | 7.3- 9.9 |
*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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