2022 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 4,490 508 11.9 10.6-13.3 3,982 88.1 86.7-89.4
Western 510 59 12.9 9.1-17.9 451 87.1 82.1-90.9
GENDER
Male 233 23 10.2 6.3-16.2 210 89.8 83.8-93.7
Female 277 36 15.4 9.7-23.7 241 84.6 76.3-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 438 47 13.0 8.9-18.7 391 87.0 81.3-91.1
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 91 21 21.3 13.0-32.9 70 78.7 67.1-87.0
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 108 18 14.5 8.1-24.6 90 85.5 75.4-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 216 21 8.9 5.6-13.9 195 91.1 86.1-94.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 34 22.0 13.9-33.1 142 78.0 66.9-86.1
No 319 24 7.9 4.9-12.5 295 92.1 87.5-95.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 445 53 14.0 9.7-19.7 392 86.0 80.3-90.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 262 33 12.2 8.1-18.0 229 87.8 82.0-91.9
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 281 15 4.0 2.3- 6.9 266 96.0 93.1-97.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 382 27 9.7 5.7-16.1 355 90.3 83.9-94.3
Rent 102 25 23.5 15.6-33.8 77 76.5 66.2-84.4
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 186 22 12.4 7.5-19.8 164 87.6 80.2-92.5
Rural 324 37 13.1 8.4-20.0 287 86.9 80.0-91.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 174 20 9.8 5.9-15.8 154 90.2 84.2-94.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 199 23 11.5 7.0-18.3 176 88.5 81.7-93.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 295 32 9.9 6.5-14.8 263 90.1 85.2-93.5
2nd Quartile 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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