2023 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 4,082 430 10.7 9.5-12.1 3,652 89.3 87.9-90.5
GENDER
Male 1,800 159 9.7 7.9-11.7 1,641 90.3 88.3-92.1
Female 2,282 271 11.7 10.1-13.6 2,011 88.3 86.4-89.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,436 198 9.4 7.9-11.1 2,238 90.6 88.9-92.1
Non-Hispanic Black 697 86 10.9 8.3-14.1 611 89.1 85.9-91.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 347 44 11.2 5.9-20.4 303 88.8 79.6-94.1
Non-Hispanic Other 164 12 7.4 3.5-15.0 152 92.6 85.0-96.5
Hispanic 375 84 22.0 17.4-27.5 291 78.0 72.5-82.6
AGE
18-34 810 121 14.8 12.1-18.0 689 85.2 82.0-87.9
35-44 584 79 11.8 8.9-15.6 505 88.2 84.4-91.1
45-54 627 94 13.2 10.1-17.0 533 86.8 83.0-89.9
55-64 748 99 13.7 10.4-17.9 649 86.3 82.1-89.6
65-74 725 26 2.4 1.4- 4.1 699 97.6 95.9-98.6
75+ 526 *** *** *** 519 98.3 95.5-99.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 71 17.8 13.2-23.5 254 82.2 76.5-86.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 886 130 14.4 11.6-17.7 756 85.6 82.3-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,126 126 10.5 8.5-13.0 1,000 89.5 87.0-91.5
College Graduate 1,722 101 5.3 4.0- 6.9 1,621 94.7 93.1-96.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,313 223 17.9 15.1-21.1 1,090 82.1 78.9-84.9
No 2,631 195 7.7 6.4- 9.1 2,436 92.3 90.9-93.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 28 7.1 4.3-11.5 489 92.9 88.5-95.7
Non-Veteran 3,546 400 11.3 9.9-12.7 3,146 88.7 87.3-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,170 248 11.2 9.5-13.0 1,922 88.8 87.0-90.5
Unemployed 187 51 27.5 20.1-36.4 136 72.5 63.6-79.9
Retired 1,143 35 2.5 1.6- 4.0 1,108 97.5 96.0-98.4
Unable to Work 289 59 22.1 15.5-30.4 230 77.9 69.6-84.5
Other not in Labor Force 233 29 10.1 6.6-15.2 204 89.9 84.8-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 205 48 22.7 16.2-30.9 157 77.3 69.1-83.8
$15,000- 24,999 279 65 25.4 18.2-34.1 214 74.6 65.9-81.8
$25,000- 34,999 376 70 18.1 13.4-24.0 306 81.9 76.0-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 491 65 14.4 10.5-19.3 426 85.6 80.7-89.5
$50,000-74,999 546 47 9.0 6.3-12.7 499 91.0 87.3-93.7
$75,000-100,000 425 17 5.5 3.1- 9.7 408 94.5 90.3-96.9
$100,000-150,000 463 19 4.3 2.6- 6.9 444 95.7 93.1-97.4
$150,000+ 418 11 2.2 1.0- 4.7 407 97.8 95.3-99.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 879 88 9.5 7.2-12.4 791 90.5 87.6-92.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 309 85 26.0 19.6-33.5 224 74.0 66.5-80.4
101% to 150% 259 62 21.5 15.5-29.1 197 78.5 70.9-84.5
151% to 200% 300 39 12.9 8.2-19.7 261 87.1 80.3-91.8
More than 200% 2,198 130 6.8 5.5- 8.4 2,068 93.2 91.6-94.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 879 88 9.5 7.2-12.4 791 90.5 87.6-92.8
HOUSING
Own 2,677 179 7.7 6.3- 9.2 2,498 92.3 90.8-93.7
Rent 1,082 200 18.4 15.6-21.6 882 81.6 78.4-84.4
Other arrangement 275 48 17.0 11.9-23.7 227 83.0 76.3-88.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,254 123 9.8 7.9-12.0 1,131 90.2 88.0-92.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,016 110 10.8 8.6-13.6 906 89.2 86.4-91.4
Rural 1,812 197 11.6 9.6-14.0 1,615 88.4 86.0-90.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,312 154 11.4 9.1-14.2 1,158 88.6 85.8-90.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,148 120 11.1 8.9-13.8 1,028 88.9 86.2-91.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,622 156 10.1 8.4-12.2 1,466 89.9 87.8-91.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,255 113 9.7 7.7-12.1 1,142 90.3 87.9-92.3
2nd Quartile 1,084 123 11.3 9.1-13.9 961 88.7 86.1-90.9
3rd Quartile 1,027 107 11.2 8.9-14.1 920 88.8 85.9-91.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 716 87 10.8 7.7-15.0 629 89.2 85.0-92.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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