2021 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 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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 498 55 15.4 10.8-21.6 443 84.6 78.4-89.2
Region 3 480 51 10.9 8.0-14.8 429 89.1 85.2-92.0
Region 4 739 80 11.0 8.7-13.7 659 89.0 86.3-91.3
Region 5 667 61 8.9 6.8-11.6 606 91.1 88.4-93.2
Region 6 537 51 10.8 7.9-14.7 486 89.2 85.3-92.1
Region 7 706 69 9.7 7.5-12.5 637 90.3 87.5-92.5
Region 8 797 74 10.4 7.9-13.5 723 89.6 86.5-92.1
Region 9 & 10 500 52 10.2 7.5-13.7 448 89.8 86.3-92.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,848 182 10.5 8.9-12.4 1,666 89.5 87.6-91.1
Piedmont 2,456 242 10.0 8.7-11.5 2,214 90.0 88.5-91.3
Western NC 620 69 15.0 10.9-20.3 551 85.0 79.7-89.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 411 43 15.4 10.3-22.4 368 84.6 77.6-89.7
Northwest 724 79 11.7 9.1-15.0 645 88.3 85.0-90.9
Charlotte 596 65 10.9 8.4-14.0 531 89.1 86.0-91.6
Greensboro 516 50 9.4 6.9-12.7 466 90.6 87.3-93.1
Southern Regional 787 70 10.3 7.7-13.5 717 89.7 86.5-92.3
Southeast 371 40 11.1 7.8-15.6 331 88.9 84.4-92.2
Wake 821 76 9.5 7.4-12.0 745 90.5 88.0-92.6
Area L & Eastern 698 70 9.9 7.6-12.9 628 90.1 87.1-92.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 523 57 15.2 10.7-21.0 466 84.8 79.0-89.3
Region 2 747 79 10.2 7.9-12.9 668 89.8 87.1-92.1
Region 3 753 81 10.9 8.6-13.6 672 89.1 86.4-91.4
Region 4 1,051 96 9.2 7.4-11.4 955 90.8 88.6-92.6
Region 5 1,188 115 11.1 9.0-13.6 1,073 88.9 86.4-91.0
Region 6 662 65 9.8 7.4-12.9 597 90.2 87.1-92.6

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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.

^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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