2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 372 40 11.1 7.5-16.1 332 88.9 83.9-92.5
GENDER
Male 157 13 8.5 4.0-16.9 144 91.5 83.1-96.0
Female 215 27 13.5 8.6-20.7 188 86.5 79.3-91.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 236 19 10.6 5.9-18.1 217 89.4 81.9-94.1
Non-Hispanic Black 92 15 12.7 7.0-22.1 77 87.3 77.9-93.0
Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 102 17 15.7 8.9-26.2 85 84.3 73.8-91.1
45-64 132 19 11.6 6.7-19.2 113 88.4 80.8-93.3
65+ 137 *** *** *** 133 96.8 89.2-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 16 13.8 7.9-23.1 89 86.2 76.9-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 127 18 13.9 7.6-24.1 109 86.1 75.9-92.4
College Graduate 138 *** *** *** 132 97.1 92.7-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 27 18.7 11.8-28.3 107 81.3 71.7-88.2
$50,000+ 165 *** *** *** 161 97.5 93.5-99.1
Don't know/Not Sure 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

^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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