2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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 5,826 634 11.5 10.4-12.5 5,192 88.5 87.5-89.6
Region 1 & 2 687 73 11.2 8.7-14.3 614 88.8 85.7-91.3
GENDER
Male 299 31 11.2 7.5-16.5 268 88.8 83.5-92.5
Female 388 42 11.2 8.1-15.2 346 88.8 84.8-91.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 565 60 11.2 8.5-14.7 505 88.8 85.3-91.5
Non-Hispanic Black 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 12 14.1 7.7-24.5 86 85.9 75.5-92.3
AGE
18-44 215 35 16.7 11.7-23.3 180 83.3 76.7-88.3
45-64 218 23 9.7 6.2-14.8 195 90.3 85.2-93.8
65+ 239 12 4.0 2.2- 7.3 227 96.0 92.7-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 37 14.1 9.8-19.9 225 85.9 80.1-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 191 21 10.2 6.5-15.6 170 89.8 84.4-93.5
College Graduate 232 15 7.1 4.2-11.6 217 92.9 88.4-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 319 45 15.0 10.9-20.3 274 85.0 79.7-89.1
$50,000+ 232 12 4.1 2.3- 7.4 220 95.9 92.6-97.7
Don't know/Not Sure 123 14 12.7 7.2-21.6 109 87.3 78.4-92.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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