2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 620 69 15.0 10.9-20.3 551 85.0 79.7-89.1
GENDER
Male 293 36 16.4 10.5-24.7 257 83.6 75.3-89.5
Female 327 33 13.7 8.3-21.8 294 86.3 78.2-91.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 509 50 13.9 9.7-19.6 459 86.1 80.4-90.3
Non-Hispanic Black 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 111 18 18.1 10.8-28.7 93 81.9 71.3-89.2
55-64 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 175 20 11.6 6.7-19.3 155 88.4 80.7-93.3
College Graduate 225 15 6.5 3.8-10.8 210 93.5 89.2-96.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 221 35 20.8 13.1-31.2 186 79.2 68.8-86.9
No 389 32 10.4 6.8-15.7 357 89.6 84.3-93.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 549 66 15.6 11.3-21.2 483 84.4 78.8-88.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 307 37 15.1 10.2-21.6 270 84.9 78.4-89.8
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 15 12.6 7.1-21.4 127 87.4 78.6-92.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 290 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 15 12.6 7.1-21.4 127 87.4 78.6-92.9
HOUSING
Own 422 30 13.7 8.6-21.1 392 86.3 78.9-91.4
Rent 158 30 19.7 13.0-28.9 128 80.3 71.1-87.0
Other arrangement 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 442 55 16.0 11.0-22.7 387 84.0 77.3-89.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 308 38 18.5 12.0-27.3 270 81.5 72.7-88.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 313 32 16.6 10.5-25.2 281 83.4 74.8-89.5
2nd Quartile 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 178 20 13.7 7.5-23.6 158 86.3 76.4-92.5

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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.

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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