2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,316 469 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,847 88.7 87.5-89.8
Eastern NC 1,168 108 9.7 7.8-12.0 1,060 90.3 88.0-92.2
GENDER
Male 523 39 6.6 4.7- 9.1 484 93.4 90.9-95.3
Female 645 69 12.7 9.7-16.5 576 87.3 83.5-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 732 45 7.2 5.2-10.0 687 92.8 90.0-94.8
Non-Hispanic Black 243 22 7.9 4.8-12.8 221 92.1 87.2-95.2
Other 178 39 21.3 14.9-29.6 139 78.7 70.4-85.1
AGE
18-34 242 35 14.3 10.0-20.1 207 85.7 79.9-90.0
35-44 168 15 7.5 4.3-12.9 153 92.5 87.1-95.7
45-54 174 24 12.6 7.7-19.9 150 87.4 80.1-92.3
55-64 226 21 9.8 6.2-15.2 205 90.2 84.8-93.8
65-74 199 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 26 21.6 14.3-31.2 79 78.4 68.8-85.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 309 24 7.9 5.0-12.3 285 92.1 87.7-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 324 34 11.2 7.6-16.2 290 88.8 83.8-92.4
College Graduate 426 22 5.1 3.1- 8.2 404 94.9 91.8-96.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 383 50 14.4 10.5-19.4 333 85.6 80.6-89.5
No 752 56 7.8 5.8-10.5 696 92.2 89.5-94.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 228 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 937 101 11.7 9.4-14.5 836 88.3 85.5-90.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 603 64 11.1 8.4-14.6 539 88.9 85.4-91.6
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 337 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 87 12 16.4 8.9-28.1 75 83.6 71.9-91.1
Other not in Labor Force 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 109 19 17.5 10.1-28.5 90 82.5 71.5-89.9
$35,000- 49,999 141 16 12.0 6.8-20.3 125 88.0 79.7-93.2
$50,000- 74,999 157 16 11.7 6.8-19.4 141 88.3 80.6-93.2
$75,000+ 356 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 272 23 9.2 5.8-14.5 249 90.8 85.5-94.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 126 21 15.6 9.7-24.0 105 84.4 76.0-90.3
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 584 35 6.9 4.7-10.0 549 93.1 90.0-95.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 272 23 9.2 5.8-14.5 249 90.8 85.5-94.2
HOUSING
Own 756 43 7.5 5.4-10.4 713 92.5 89.6-94.6
Rent 320 52 16.6 12.4-22.0 268 83.4 78.0-87.6
Other arrangement 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 388 35 8.3 5.6-12.1 353 91.7 87.9-94.4
Rural 684 62 10.4 7.8-13.7 622 89.6 86.3-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 710 71 9.9 7.6-12.9 639 90.1 87.1-92.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 336 28 9.3 6.1-13.9 308 90.7 86.1-93.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 229 15 6.5 3.8-11.0 214 93.5 89.0-96.2
2nd Quartile 222 19 10.2 6.2-16.5 203 89.8 83.5-93.8
3rd Quartile 387 34 8.3 5.6-12.0 353 91.7 88.0-94.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 330 40 13.1 9.1-18.5 290 86.9 81.5-90.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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