2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 713 120 18.0 14.6-22.0 593 82.0 78.0-85.4
GENDER
Male 312 50 15.9 11.7-21.3 262 84.1 78.7-88.3
Female 401 70 20.1 15.1-26.1 331 79.9 73.9-84.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 47 13.1 9.4-17.8 354 86.9 82.2-90.6
Non-Hispanic Black 138 31 22.8 15.2-32.7 107 77.2 67.3-84.8
Other 174 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 228 49 19.3 14.0-25.8 179 80.7 74.2-86.0
45-64 252 51 23.4 17.2-31.1 201 76.6 68.9-82.8
65+ 230 20 7.8 4.4-13.5 210 92.2 86.5-95.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 75 24.8 19.0-31.6 232 75.2 68.4-81.0
Some College + 405 45 12.1 8.7-16.6 360 87.9 83.4-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 88 24.5 19.2-30.6 284 75.5 69.4-80.8
$50,000+ 203 *** *** *** 195 94.2 87.9-97.4

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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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