2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 610 55 10.9 7.8-15.0 555 89.1 85.0-92.2
Region 3 344 37 12.0 8.2-17.1 307 88.0 82.9-91.8
Region 4 877 111 12.2 9.9-15.1 766 87.8 84.9-90.1
Region 5 631 82 12.2 9.6-15.5 549 87.8 84.5-90.4
Region 6 307 27 8.1 5.0-12.7 280 91.9 87.3-95.0
Region 7 810 92 11.0 8.8-13.8 718 89.0 86.2-91.2
Region 8 389 34 9.3 6.3-13.5 355 90.7 86.5-93.7
Region 9 & 10 348 31 9.7 6.5-14.1 317 90.3 85.9-93.5
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,168 108 9.7 7.8-12.0 1,060 90.3 88.0-92.2
Piedmont 2,403 294 11.8 10.4-13.4 2,109 88.2 86.6-89.6
Western NC 745 67 11.0 8.1-14.8 678 89.0 85.2-91.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 524 49 11.0 7.8-15.3 475 89.0 84.7-92.2
Northwest 605 59 11.6 8.5-15.8 546 88.4 84.2-91.5
Charlotte 711 95 12.6 10.0-15.7 616 87.4 84.3-90.0
Greensboro 483 62 12.6 9.4-16.6 421 87.4 83.4-90.6
Southern Regional 355 36 10.2 6.8-15.1 319 89.8 84.9-93.2
Southeast 216 18 8.8 5.2-14.4 198 91.2 85.6-94.8
Wake 877 104 11.0 8.9-13.6 773 89.0 86.4-91.1
Area L & Eastern 545 46 9.2 6.6-12.5 499 90.8 87.5-93.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 610 55 10.9 7.8-15.0 555 89.1 85.0-92.2
Region 2 615 73 12.4 9.5-16.0 542 87.6 84.0-90.5
Region 3 886 111 12.3 9.9-15.1 775 87.7 84.9-90.1
Region 4 1,140 132 11.2 9.3-13.5 1,008 88.8 86.5-90.7
Region 5 582 55 9.5 6.9-12.9 527 90.5 87.1-93.1
Region 6 483 43 9.3 6.6-12.9 440 90.7 87.1-93.4

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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.

^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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