2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 688 84 13.6 10.8-17.0 604 86.4 83.0-89.2
GENDER
Male 333 33 11.4 8.0-16.1 300 88.6 83.9-92.0
Female 355 51 15.6 11.6-20.7 304 84.4 79.3-88.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 462 46 12.3 9.0-16.5 416 87.7 83.5-91.0
Non-Hispanic Black 111 14 12.3 7.1-20.4 97 87.7 79.6-92.9
Other 115 24 22.7 14.9-33.0 91 77.3 67.0-85.1
AGE
18-44 283 48 18.2 13.5-24.0 235 81.8 76.0-86.5
45-64 229 29 11.7 7.8-17.2 200 88.3 82.8-92.2
65+ 160 *** *** *** 157 96.4 89.0-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 217 41 18.9 13.7-25.6 176 81.1 74.4-86.3
Some College + 470 43 10.3 7.4-13.9 427 89.7 86.1-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 276 58 22.2 16.9-28.5 218 77.8 71.5-83.1
$50,000+ 290 *** *** *** 281 95.8 92.0-97.9

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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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