2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Health Care Access

Was there a time during the last 12 months when you needed to see a doctor, but could not because of the cost?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,905 725 16.1 14.7-17.5 4,180 83.9 82.5-85.3
Region 1 & 2 818 107 15.6 12.1-19.8 711 84.4 80.2-87.9
GENDER
Male 361 45 14.3 9.8-20.5 316 85.7 79.5-90.2
Female 457 62 16.8 12.0-23.0 395 83.2 77.0-88.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 718 93 16.1 12.3-20.7 625 83.9 79.3-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 203 42 22.1 15.4-30.7 161 77.9 69.3-84.6
45-64 280 47 15.2 10.1-22.2 233 84.8 77.8-89.9
65+ 326 17 7.6 4.2-13.4 309 92.4 86.6-95.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 44 16.1 11.0-23.0 244 83.9 77.0-89.0
Some College + 527 62 14.9 10.7-20.4 465 85.1 79.6-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 385 71 22.3 16.4-29.7 314 77.7 70.3-83.6
$50,000+ 274 15 6.3 3.2-12.1 259 93.7 87.9-96.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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