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%)
TOTAL 4,924 493 10.6 9.6-11.8 4,431 89.4 88.2-90.4
GENDER
Male 2,295 201 9.5 8.0-11.2 2,094 90.5 88.8-92.0
Female 2,629 292 11.7 10.2-13.4 2,337 88.3 86.6-89.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,115 237 8.5 7.3- 9.9 2,878 91.5 90.1-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 907 121 13.5 11.0-16.5 786 86.5 83.5-89.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 143 12 6.8 3.2-13.8 131 93.2 86.2-96.8
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 78 13 14.4 7.7-25.4 65 85.6 74.6-92.3
Non-Hispanic Other 111 *** *** *** 101 92.0 85.0-95.9
Hispanic 478 86 17.7 14.0-22.2 392 82.3 77.8-86.0
AGE
18-34 1,024 142 13.5 11.2-16.1 882 86.5 83.9-88.8
35-44 741 105 12.7 10.2-15.8 636 87.3 84.2-89.8
45-54 773 98 12.1 9.7-15.1 675 87.9 84.9-90.3
55-64 824 103 13.2 10.3-16.8 721 86.8 83.2-89.7
65-74 887 24 4.1 2.0- 8.1 863 95.9 91.9-98.0
75+ 554 15 2.4 1.2- 4.6 539 97.6 95.4-98.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 452 90 20.7 16.1-26.2 362 79.3 73.8-83.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 131 11.7 9.5-14.2 1,014 88.3 85.8-90.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,311 142 9.8 8.2-11.8 1,169 90.2 88.2-91.8
College Graduate 1,990 128 6.6 5.4- 8.0 1,862 93.4 92.0-94.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,509 250 17.7 15.3-20.4 1,259 82.3 79.6-84.7
No 3,307 226 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,081 92.6 91.4-93.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 643 20 3.5 1.8- 6.5 623 96.5 93.5-98.2
Non-Veteran 4,254 471 11.7 10.5-13.0 3,783 88.3 87.0-89.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,654 263 10.0 8.7-11.5 2,391 90.0 88.5-91.3
Unemployed 250 67 25.2 19.4-32.0 183 74.8 68.0-80.6
Retired 1,308 43 4.5 2.8- 7.1 1,265 95.5 92.9-97.2
Unable to Work 340 69 21.5 15.9-28.5 271 78.5 71.5-84.1
Other not in Labor Force 311 43 11.0 7.8-15.3 268 89.0 84.7-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 285 66 24.4 17.9-32.3 219 75.6 67.7-82.1
$15,000- 24,999 454 92 21.2 16.6-26.6 362 78.8 73.4-83.4
$25,000- 34,999 506 90 20.1 15.6-25.5 416 79.9 74.5-84.4
$35,000- 49,999 523 54 11.7 8.7-15.6 469 88.3 84.4-91.3
$50,000-74,999 614 43 6.4 4.3- 9.4 571 93.6 90.6-95.7
$75,000-100,000 496 19 4.7 2.9- 7.4 477 95.3 92.6-97.1
$100,000-150,000 532 *** *** *** 522 98.1 96.3-99.0
$150,000+ 430 *** *** *** 427 99.5 98.4-99.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 116 11.3 9.1-13.8 968 88.7 86.2-90.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 26 24.1 15.4-35.6 84 75.9 64.4-84.6
50% to 100% 389 97 26.0 20.4-32.4 292 74.0 67.6-79.6
101% to 150% 407 73 18.3 14.2-23.3 334 81.7 76.7-85.8
151% to 200% 407 65 18.7 13.8-24.9 342 81.3 75.1-86.2
More than 200% 2,479 106 4.2 3.3- 5.2 2,373 95.8 94.8-96.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,084 116 11.3 9.1-13.8 968 88.7 86.2-90.9
HOUSING
Own 3,191 191 7.4 6.2- 8.8 3,000 92.6 91.2-93.8
Rent 1,333 250 19.9 17.3-22.6 1,083 80.1 77.4-82.7
Other arrangement 336 50 12.3 8.9-16.7 286 87.7 83.3-91.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,520 151 9.8 8.2-11.7 1,369 90.2 88.3-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,314 125 10.4 8.5-12.7 1,189 89.6 87.3-91.5
Rural 2,090 217 11.6 9.7-13.7 1,873 88.4 86.3-90.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,341 149 11.9 9.6-14.6 1,192 88.1 85.4-90.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,955 208 11.4 9.6-13.5 1,747 88.6 86.5-90.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,628 136 9.1 7.6-11.0 1,492 90.9 89.0-92.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,504 131 10.6 8.5-13.0 1,373 89.4 87.0-91.5
2nd Quartile 1,297 132 9.8 8.1-11.9 1,165 90.2 88.1-91.9
3rd Quartile 1,394 154 11.5 9.6-13.7 1,240 88.5 86.3-90.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 729 76 11.5 8.7-15.0 653 88.5 85.0-91.3

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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