2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,082 430 10.7 9.5-12.1 3,652 89.3 87.9-90.5
Region 1 & 2 447 45 12.5 8.5-18.0 402 87.5 82.0-91.5
GENDER
Male 190 13 8.5 4.5-15.8 177 91.5 84.2-95.5
Female 257 32 16.2 10.0-25.1 225 83.8 74.9-90.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 33 12.5 8.1-18.8 333 87.5 81.2-91.9
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 108 18 18.3 11.2-28.3 90 81.7 71.7-88.8
45-64 145 21 14.8 7.3-27.8 124 85.2 72.2-92.7
65+ 184 *** *** *** 179 97.4 90.3-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 17 16.0 8.6-27.8 105 84.0 72.2-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 141 17 12.7 7.1-21.7 124 87.3 78.3-92.9
College Graduate 181 11 7.1 3.5-14.0 170 92.9 86.0-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 *** *** *** 126 77.7 66.0-86.3
$50,000+ 185 11 6.5 2.8-14.2 174 93.5 85.8-97.2
Don't know/Not Sure 103 *** *** *** 96 92.7 82.8-97.1

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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 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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