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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 |
| -Western NC | 975 | 802 | 80.7 | 77.5-83.6 | 52 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.2 | 25 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 67 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 418 | 351 | 81.5 | 76.3-85.8 | 23 | 7.1 | 4.5-11.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.6 |
| Female | 557 | 451 | 80.1 | 75.8-83.8 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.1 | 45 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 884 | 731 | 81.1 | 77.7-84.1 | 45 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.1 | 22 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.3 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.6 | 60 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.8 |
| Other minorities | 80 | 61 | 76.9 | 65.1-85.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 113 | 88 | 77.6 | 68.1-84.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 12.2 | 7.0-20.2 |
| 35-54 | 231 | 173 | 76.2 | 69.3-82.0 | 14 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 11.1 | 7.1-17.1 |
| 55-64 | 214 | 168 | 79.1 | 72.4-84.5 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 238 | 209 | 86.5 | 80.6-90.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 168 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 133 | 101 | 76.3 | 66.8-83.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 292 | 232 | 77.0 | 70.4-82.5 | 14 | 5.8 | 3.3- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 10.4 | 6.4-16.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 254 | 208 | 82.5 | 76.4-87.3 | 21 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.2 |
| College Graduate | 290 | 255 | 86.8 | 81.6-90.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 18.3 | 10.7-29.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 184 | 143 | 72.1 | 62.6-80.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 13.4 | 7.6-22.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 97 | 76 | 78.0 | 67.1-86.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 140 | 124 | 87.7 | 80.1-92.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 239 | 212 | 87.2 | 81.2-91.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 303 | 215 | 68.4 | 61.5-74.5 | 28 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 7.2 | 4.3-11.6 | 32 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.5 |
| No | 651 | 570 | 85.9 | 82.3-89.0 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.2 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 146 | 122 | 78.8 | 69.1-86.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 828 | 680 | 81.1 | 77.6-84.2 | 41 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.3 | 22 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.7 | 23 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 | 62 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.6 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 794 | 651 | 80.9 | 77.3-84.1 | 41 | 5.7 | 4.0- 7.9 | 24 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.0 | 23 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.9 | 55 | 8.3 | 6.1-11.3 |
| No | 181 | 151 | 79.8 | 71.2-86.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
*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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