2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 4,316 469 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,847 88.7 87.5-89.8
Region 8 389 34 9.3 6.3-13.5 355 90.7 86.5-93.7
GENDER
Male 185 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 174 94.6 89.8-97.2
Female 204 23 13.0 8.1-20.1 181 87.0 79.9-91.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 247 94.9 90.5-97.3
Non-Hispanic Black 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 14 16.6 9.4-27.6 60 83.4 72.4-90.6
AGE
18-44 142 19 14.2 8.6-22.5 123 85.8 77.5-91.4
45-64 128 13 9.6 5.3-16.7 115 90.4 83.3-94.7
65+ 112 *** *** *** 110 98.9 95.3-99.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 17 11.0 6.3-18.5 125 89.0 81.5-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 101 *** *** *** 91 89.3 79.9-94.6
College Graduate 146 *** *** *** 139 95.0 88.6-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 120 17 14.9 8.5-24.6 103 85.1 75.4-91.5
$50,000+ 175 *** *** *** 166 93.6 87.3-96.9
Don't know/Not Sure 91 *** *** *** 84 92.8 84.4-96.8

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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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