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| Total Respond.^ |
Not delayed/no medical care needed | Appt. not soon enough | Wait time too long | No transportation | Other* | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,874 | 5,685 | 81.4 | 80.2-82.5 | 311 | 5.2 | 4.5- 5.9 | 161 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 | 219 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.8 | 498 | 7.9 | 7.1- 8.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,164 | 1,773 | 81.1 | 79.0-83.1 | 103 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.1 | 54 | 2.1 | 1.5- 2.9 | 88 | 4.6 | 3.5- 5.9 | 146 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 892 | 747 | 83.9 | 80.8-86.6 | 34 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.0 | 18 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 | 36 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | 57 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.7 |
| Female | 1,272 | 1,026 | 78.7 | 75.7-81.4 | 69 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.1 | 36 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 | 52 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.3 | 89 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,384 | 1,172 | 83.5 | 80.9-85.9 | 63 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.8 | 25 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 | 30 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 | 94 | 7.5 | 5.9- 9.4 |
| African American | 568 | 452 | 78.9 | 74.5-82.8 | 25 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.8 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.4 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.8 | 27 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.5 |
| Other minorities | 190 | 134 | 72.7 | 63.8-80.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 123 | 98 | 82.0 | 73.7-88.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,032 | 1,670 | 81.2 | 78.9-83.3 | 95 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.0 | 48 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.8 | 83 | 4.6 | 3.6- 6.0 | 136 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 343 | 271 | 79.3 | 74.1-83.7 | 21 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.2 | 26 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.8 |
| 35-54 | 596 | 456 | 77.2 | 73.1-80.8 | 35 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.0 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | 32 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.8 | 57 | 10.8 | 8.1-14.1 |
| 55-64 | 514 | 419 | 83.8 | 80.1-87.0 | 25 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 | 15 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.4 | 21 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 | 34 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.2 |
| 65-74 | 411 | 355 | 86.0 | 81.6-89.5 | 15 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.8 |
| 75+ | 277 | 253 | 91.9 | 87.7-94.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 292 | 227 | 76.3 | 69.9-81.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.9 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 670 | 564 | 83.8 | 79.9-87.0 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.7 | 15 | 1.7 | 0.9- 2.9 | 41 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.1 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 615 | 489 | 80.5 | 76.6-83.9 | 36 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.4 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 55 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.7 |
| College Graduate | 578 | 487 | 82.7 | 78.5-86.2 | 36 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.7 | 15 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 285 | 200 | 68.0 | 60.8-74.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 43 | 16.3 | 11.6-22.5 | 20 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 364 | 276 | 78.0 | 72.6-82.7 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 22 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.2 | 32 | 9.4 | 6.2-14.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 231 | 193 | 82.9 | 75.6-88.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 253 | 215 | 84.5 | 78.4-89.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.3 |
| $50,000+ | 602 | 524 | 86.8 | 83.0-89.9 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 630 | 450 | 70.4 | 65.7-74.7 | 38 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.7 | 24 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.4 | 62 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.0 | 56 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.3 |
| No | 1,444 | 1,253 | 85.3 | 82.9-87.5 | 57 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.7 | 27 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.4 | 21 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.8 | 86 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 331 | 282 | 85.4 | 80.6-89.2 | 21 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,830 | 1,489 | 80.4 | 78.0-82.6 | 81 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.0 | 50 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 82 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.4 | 128 | 7.7 | 6.2- 9.4 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,793 | 1,475 | 81.2 | 78.8-83.4 | 86 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 | 38 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.7 | 74 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.0 | 120 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.3 |
| No | 371 | 298 | 80.7 | 75.3-85.1 | 17 | 5.1 | 2.9- 8.8 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.5 |
*Other factors include cost, afforability, work constraints, and access problems.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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