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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 | 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,735 | 3,110 | 81.6 | 80.0-83.1 | 156 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.1 | 82 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.1 | 102 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.4 | 285 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,600 | 1,363 | 84.0 | 81.7-86.1 | 65 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.2 | 31 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.1 | 41 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 100 | 6.3 | 5.0- 7.8 |
| Female | 2,135 | 1,747 | 79.3 | 77.1-81.4 | 91 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.8 | 51 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.9 | 61 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.3 | 185 | 9.9 | 8.5-11.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,596 | 2,223 | 83.8 | 82.0-85.5 | 92 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 45 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.9 | 56 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.7 | 180 | 7.6 | 6.5- 9.0 |
| African American | 781 | 619 | 78.0 | 74.4-81.3 | 44 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.8 | 23 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.9 | 30 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.7 | 65 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.3 |
| Other minorities | 304 | 224 | 73.6 | 67.6-78.8 | 19 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 305 | 215 | 71.3 | 65.4-76.6 | 19 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.5 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 | 36 | 11.9 | 8.4-16.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,401 | 2,874 | 82.7 | 81.0-84.2 | 136 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.1 | 62 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 | 85 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.3 | 244 | 7.7 | 6.7- 8.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 613 | 466 | 77.9 | 74.1-81.2 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.3 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.1 | 19 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.8 | 61 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.1 |
| 35-54 | 1,127 | 890 | 79.2 | 76.5-81.7 | 64 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.5 | 26 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.2 | 34 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.2 | 113 | 10.0 | 8.2-12.1 |
| 55-64 | 743 | 609 | 81.0 | 77.5-84.0 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.1 | 69 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.1 |
| 65-74 | 678 | 607 | 90.0 | 87.2-92.3 | 18 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.6 |
| 75+ | 500 | 471 | 93.8 | 90.6-95.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 476 | 362 | 72.8 | 67.6-77.4 | 19 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.8 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 33 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.3 | 39 | 9.8 | 7.1-13.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 964 | 803 | 83.5 | 80.6-86.0 | 30 | 3.4 | 2.3- 4.9 | 23 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.0 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 | 75 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 959 | 782 | 80.4 | 77.3-83.2 | 54 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.9 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 | 82 | 8.9 | 7.0-11.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,317 | 1,147 | 86.1 | 83.8-88.2 | 53 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.5 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.1 | *** | *** | *** | 88 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 419 | 280 | 65.5 | 59.9-70.7 | 24 | 6.6 | 4.3-10.1 | 17 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 48 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.2 | 50 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 597 | 457 | 74.5 | 70.1-78.5 | 30 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.2 | 20 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 | 27 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.7 | 63 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 333 | 278 | 82.2 | 76.7-86.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 403 | 358 | 88.1 | 83.7-91.5 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.6 |
| $50,000+ | 1,211 | 1,060 | 85.4 | 82.7-87.7 | 55 | 5.8 | 4.2- 7.8 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.4 | *** | *** | *** | 77 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 948 | 705 | 69.4 | 65.5-73.0 | 51 | 8.0 | 5.8-11.1 | 27 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 68 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.5 | 97 | 12.2 | 9.8-15.1 |
| No | 2,650 | 2,295 | 85.2 | 83.5-86.8 | 101 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.4 | 50 | 2.1 | 1.5- 3.0 | 30 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.1 | 174 | 6.9 | 5.8- 8.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 436 | 373 | 85.0 | 80.7-88.5 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,291 | 2,732 | 81.2 | 79.5-82.8 | 134 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.1 | 72 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.3 | 91 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 | 262 | 8.5 | 7.4- 9.7 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,269 | 1,060 | 81.7 | 78.9-84.2 | 46 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 | 36 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.3 | 39 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.5 | 88 | 8.1 | 6.4-10.2 |
| No | 2,466 | 2,050 | 81.5 | 79.6-83.3 | 110 | 5.5 | 4.5- 6.8 | 46 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.1 | 63 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.4 | 197 | 8.2 | 7.0- 9.6 |
*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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