2014 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 6,545 1,004 17.4 16.2-18.6 1,162 18.4 17.3-19.6 908 13.4 12.4-14.4 2,760 37.9 36.5-39.3 711 12.9 11.9-14.0
-FEMALES 3,735 529 15.7 14.3-17.2 680 19.1 17.5-20.7 529 13.4 12.2-14.8 1,706 42.5 40.6-44.4 291 9.3 8.2-10.6
RACE
White 2,610 346 14.9 13.2-16.7 467 18.0 16.3-19.9 370 13.5 12.0-15.1 1,255 45.6 43.2-47.9 172 8.0 6.8- 9.5
African American 825 125 16.0 13.1-19.3 155 20.3 17.1-24.0 121 14.4 11.8-17.6 355 39.8 35.9-43.8 69 9.5 7.3-12.3
Other Minorities 255 49 21.4 16.0-28.0 49 22.9 16.9-30.3 32 10.4 7.0-15.1 83 27.3 21.6-33.9 42 18.0 13.1-24.1
AGE
18-34 559 102 18.8 15.5-22.7 118 22.4 18.7-26.6 73 12.8 10.1-16.1 198 34.3 30.1-38.8 68 11.7 9.1-15.0
35-44 486 85 18.8 15.1-23.2 101 19.9 16.2-24.1 67 12.3 9.6-15.7 170 36.3 31.6-41.2 63 12.7 9.7-16.3
45-54 581 88 14.3 11.4-17.8 94 16.1 13.0-19.7 74 12.0 9.4-15.1 263 46.0 41.4-50.7 62 11.6 8.9-15.0
55-64 759 96 13.3 10.7-16.4 126 17.5 14.6-20.8 104 12.8 10.4-15.8 395 50.9 46.9-54.9 38 5.5 3.9- 7.7
65-74 752 82 11.5 9.0-14.5 136 18.0 15.2-21.3 125 18.2 15.2-21.7 377 48.0 43.9-52.1 32 4.3 2.9- 6.2
75+ 541 65 12.7 9.8-16.2 93 16.6 13.4-20.4 74 13.8 10.7-17.4 286 52.7 47.9-57.5 23 4.3 2.7- 6.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 424 55 16.3 12.2-21.5 66 13.9 10.6-18.0 45 8.6 6.1-12.0 200 43.7 38.0-49.4 58 17.5 13.3-22.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,031 151 15.3 12.8-18.3 204 21.2 18.3-24.6 139 12.9 10.6-15.5 450 41.0 37.4-44.7 87 9.5 7.5-11.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,055 150 15.9 13.4-18.8 184 20.1 17.2-23.3 154 13.7 11.5-16.3 493 42.4 38.9-46.0 74 7.8 6.1- 9.9
College Graduate 1,209 169 15.3 13.0-18.0 224 18.0 15.6-20.6 189 16.5 14.2-19.2 558 43.7 40.5-47.0 69 6.5 5.0- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 462 50 13.4 9.7-18.2 69 16.6 12.7-21.4 57 10.9 8.0-14.7 235 47.0 41.5-52.6 51 12.1 8.9-16.2
$15,000- 24,999 644 86 14.9 11.8-18.7 107 17.8 14.3-22.0 88 11.7 9.2-14.7 293 42.4 37.9-47.0 70 13.2 10.3-16.8
$25,000- 34,999 381 63 19.1 14.5-24.8 72 20.2 15.7-25.6 51 12.4 8.9-17.0 172 40.6 34.8-46.8 23 7.6 4.7-12.3
$35,000- 49,999 433 64 17.0 12.9-22.2 80 20.6 16.1-26.0 58 13.1 9.7-17.4 206 43.2 37.3-49.3 25 6.1 4.0- 9.4
$50,000- 74,999 361 54 15.7 11.6-21.0 77 23.3 18.2-29.4 51 13.6 9.9-18.3 164 42.2 36.2-48.4 15 5.2 2.9- 9.0
$75,000+ 638 84 14.0 11.0-17.7 130 19.5 16.1-23.3 102 15.8 12.8-19.3 286 44.7 40.2-49.2 36 6.0 4.2- 8.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,020 46 5.1 3.6- 7.3 108 10.5 8.4-13.0 111 9.6 7.7-11.9 723 70.8 67.2-74.1 32 4.0 2.7- 6.0
No 2,610 465 18.7 16.9-20.6 547 21.6 19.7-23.6 400 14.7 13.1-16.3 947 34.1 32.0-36.3 251 10.9 9.5-12.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 94 12 14.6 7.4-26.5 16 17.0 10.0-27.5 18 22.0 13.9-32.9 *** *** *** 13 13.6 7.6-23.2
Non-Veteran 3,636 515 15.6 14.2-17.2 664 19.1 17.6-20.8 510 13.2 12.0-14.6 1,669 42.8 40.8-44.7 278 9.2 8.1-10.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,094 292 15.6 13.7-17.7 360 18.4 16.4-20.7 302 13.2 11.6-15.0 984 44.2 41.6-46.8 156 8.6 7.2-10.2
No 1,641 237 15.8 13.7-18.2 320 19.8 17.6-22.2 227 13.7 11.9-15.8 722 40.4 37.6-43.3 135 10.2 8.4-12.3

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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.

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