2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 797 74 10.4 7.9-13.5 723 89.6 86.5-92.1
GENDER
Male 332 24 7.2 4.4-11.6 308 92.8 88.4-95.6
Female 465 50 13.5 9.7-18.4 415 86.5 81.6-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 38 9.3 6.5-13.2 419 90.7 86.8-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 148 15 10.6 5.2-20.4 133 89.4 79.6-94.8
Other 183 20 12.9 7.4-21.3 163 87.1 78.7-92.6
AGE
18-44 227 36 14.6 10.0-20.7 191 85.4 79.3-90.0
45-64 239 27 10.4 6.6-16.0 212 89.6 84.0-93.4
65+ 309 11 3.5 1.6- 7.3 298 96.5 92.7-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 31 11.6 7.6-17.3 267 88.4 82.7-92.4
Some Post-H.S. 217 23 11.1 6.9-17.3 194 88.9 82.7-93.1
College Graduate 278 20 7.1 4.3-11.7 258 92.9 88.3-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 49 18.2 13.1-24.6 277 81.8 75.4-86.9
$50,000+ 287 *** *** *** 277 96.2 92.1-98.2
Don't know/Not Sure 182 14 8.4 4.5-15.2 168 91.6 84.8-95.5

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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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