2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access

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

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
-Non-Hispanic Black 907 121 13.5 11.0-16.5 786 86.5 83.5-89.0
GENDER
Male 376 50 14.0 10.1-19.0 326 86.0 81.0-89.9
Female 531 71 13.2 10.1-17.1 460 86.8 82.9-89.9
AGE
18-34 158 24 14.5 9.5-21.5 134 85.5 78.5-90.5
35-44 145 21 13.2 7.6-21.8 124 86.8 78.2-92.4
45-54 158 26 15.5 9.9-23.3 132 84.5 76.7-90.1
55-64 174 36 21.8 15.3-30.2 138 78.2 69.8-84.7
65-74 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 16 16.8 9.5-28.0 65 83.2 72.0-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 251 38 14.8 10.2-21.0 213 85.2 79.0-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 272 35 13.8 9.5-19.6 237 86.2 80.4-90.5
College Graduate 299 32 10.2 6.8-15.0 267 89.8 85.0-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 117 28 23.9 15.4-35.1 89 76.1 64.9-84.6
$25,000- 34,999 125 18 17.5 10.2-28.2 107 82.5 71.8-89.8
$35,000- 49,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 332 69 22.4 17.2-28.5 263 77.6 71.5-82.8
No 551 48 9.2 6.6-12.7 503 90.8 87.3-93.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 768 118 15.4 12.5-18.8 650 84.6 81.2-87.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 314 39 14.5 10.4-20.0 275 85.5 80.0-89.6
Regional City or Suburban County 250 31 12.3 8.1-18.3 219 87.7 81.7-91.9
Rural 343 51 13.4 9.6-18.4 292 86.6 81.6-90.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 450 53 11.3 8.3-15.2 397 88.7 84.8-91.7
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 237 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 103 23 22.6 14.1-34.2 80 77.4 65.8-85.9
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 106 18 18.2 10.8-28.8 88 81.8 71.2-89.2
151% to 200% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 362 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2 342 96.3 93.8-97.8
HOUSING
Own 495 45 10.4 7.4-14.4 450 89.6 85.6-92.6
Rent 335 61 18.1 13.6-23.7 274 81.9 76.3-86.4
Other arrangement 72 15 17.3 9.7-28.9 57 82.7 71.1-90.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 340 50 14.6 10.5-19.8 290 85.4 80.2-89.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 306 33 10.7 7.2-15.5 273 89.3 84.5-92.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 261 38 15.4 10.9-21.5 223 84.6 78.5-89.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 145 21 17.7 11.0-27.2 124 82.3 72.8-89.0
2nd Quartile 223 23 10.8 6.9-16.4 200 89.2 83.6-93.1
3rd Quartile 335 46 13.2 9.5-17.9 289 86.8 82.1-90.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 204 31 16.3 10.6-24.3 173 83.7 75.7-89.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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