SC BRFSS 2002: (What is the main reason you did not get medical care?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for South Carolina

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	Total Respond.#	Cost(Include no insurance)	Distance or No transportation	Office was not open	Too long a wait	Other
TOTAL	288	183	63.3	55.5-70.4	15	4.3	2.3- 7.9	12	5.3	2.6-10.3	23	6.3	3.7-10.4	55	20.9	15.0-28.3
GENDER
Male	78	51	61.8	46.2-75.3	5	4.5	1.3-14.2	1	1.1	0.1- 7.3	3	3.2	0.9-10.8	18	29.5	16.9-46.1
Female	210	132	64.0	55.3-71.9	10	4.2	2.1- 8.3	11	7.4	3.6-14.6	20	7.8	4.5-13.4	37	16.6	11.3-23.6
RACE
White	186	118	64.3	55.2-72.4	8	4.6	1.9-10.4	7	4.5	2.1- 9.5	20	7.9	4.5-13.4	33	18.8	12.5-27.2
African American	84	54	64.6	49.8-77.0	7	5.5	2.3-12.4	4	6.1	1.5-21.9	3	5.6	1.7-16.9	16	18.2	9.7-31.7

Total
Respond.#

Cost(Include no insurance)

Distance or No transportation

Office was not open

Too long a wait

Other

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

288

183

63.3

55.5-70.4

4.3

2.3- 7.9

5.3

2.6-10.3

6.3

3.7-10.4

20.9

15.0-28.3

GENDER

Male

61.8

46.2-75.3

4.5

1.3-14.2

1.1

0.1- 7.3

3.2

0.9-10.8

29.5

16.9-46.1

Female

210

132

64.0

55.3-71.9

4.2

2.1- 8.3

7.4

3.6-14.6

7.8

4.5-13.4

16.6

11.3-23.6

RACE

White

186

118

64.3

55.2-72.4

4.6

1.9-10.4

4.5

2.1- 9.5

7.9

4.5-13.4

18.8

12.5-27.2

African American

64.6

49.8-77.0

5.5

2.3-12.4

6.1

1.5-21.9

5.6

1.7-16.9

18.2

9.7-31.7

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported needing medical care, but could not get it in the past 12 months.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia 1: Anderson,Oconee
Appalachia 2: Greenville,Pickens
Appalachia 3: Cherokee,Spartanburg,Union
Catawba: Chester,Lancaster,York
Edisto: Bamberg,Calhoun,Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort,Colleton,Hampton,Jasper
Savannah: Aiken,Allendale,Barnwell
Palmetto: Fairfield,Lexington,Newberry,Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield,Darlington,Dillon,Florence,Marion,Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley,Charleston,Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville,Edgefield,Greenwood,Laurens,McCormick,Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown,Horry,Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon,Kershaw,Lee,Sumter

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