2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Health Care Access

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

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,715 664 15.1 13.8-16.5 4,051 84.9 83.5-86.2
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 769 112 16.3 12.6-20.9 657 83.7 79.1-87.4
Region 3 399 50 12.5 9.3-16.6 349 87.5 83.4-90.7
Region 4 710 100 15.8 12.8-19.4 610 84.2 80.6-87.2
Region 5 558 78 13.7 10.7-17.3 480 86.3 82.7-89.3
Region 6 426 60 14.1 10.2-19.3 366 85.9 80.7-89.8
Region 7 622 82 15.0 11.6-19.1 540 85.0 80.9-88.4
Region 8 536 85 17.4 13.9-21.7 451 82.6 78.3-86.1
Region 9 & 10 701 97 15.1 11.9-19.0 604 84.9 81.0-88.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,702 254 16.2 13.9-18.7 1,448 83.8 81.3-86.1
Piedmont 2,128 282 14.5 12.8-16.5 1,846 85.5 83.5-87.2
Western NC 891 128 15.5 12.3-19.4 763 84.5 80.6-87.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 680 98 15.4 11.8-20.0 582 84.6 80.0-88.2
Northwest 646 84 15.8 12.3-20.1 562 84.2 79.9-87.7
Charlotte 562 81 14.9 11.9-18.6 481 85.1 81.4-88.1
Greensboro 449 61 13.9 10.6-18.1 388 86.1 81.9-89.4
Southern Regional 532 85 16.7 12.8-21.5 447 83.3 78.5-87.2
Southeast 271 42 18.1 12.8-24.9 229 81.9 75.1-87.2
Wake 682 87 14.0 11.0-17.7 595 86.0 82.3-89.0
Area L & Eastern 899 126 15.1 12.2-18.5 773 84.9 81.5-87.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 769 112 16.3 12.6-20.9 657 83.7 79.1-87.4
Region 2 659 92 14.8 11.9-18.2 567 85.2 81.8-88.1
Region 3 720 101 15.7 12.7-19.1 619 84.3 80.9-87.3
Region 4 886 111 13.2 10.7-16.3 775 86.8 83.7-89.3
Region 5 821 126 16.3 13.2-20.0 695 83.7 80.0-86.8
Region 6 866 122 15.2 12.3-18.6 744 84.8 81.4-87.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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