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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2013
 
M04.03 Have you delayed getting needed medical care for any of the following reasons in the past 12 months? Select the most important reason. (DELAYMED)
Denominator is respondents who have health care coverage or insurance. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories You couldn’t
get through
on the telephone

You couldn’t
get an appointment
soon enough

Once you got
there, you
had to wait
too long to
see the doctor
The (clinic/doctor’s)
office wasn’t
open when
you got there.
You didn’t
have transportation
Other No, I did
not delay
getting medical
care/did not
need medical
care
Total
% % % % % % % N
Age Group: 0.7 4.3 4.0 0.9 8.1 4.1 77.9 424
      18-24
      25-34 1.2 5.5 2.2 0.9 4.4 5.7 80.2 756
      35-44 1.4 4.9 1.3 0.7 2.9 5.4 83.3 1,055
      45-54 0.7 4.5 1.5 0.5 3.5 4.3 85.0 1,576
      55-64 0.6 4.6 1.3 0.4 2.7 3.6 86.8 2,048
      65-74 0.2 2.3 1.7 0.3 1.9 1.7 91.9 1,798
      75 + 0.1 1.3 1.5 0.4 1.4 0.6 94.7 1,361
      Unk/Ref 0.0 5.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 89.5 72
Sex: 0.5 3.6 2.1 0.6 3.3 3.8 86.1 3,712
      Male
      Female 1.0 4.7 1.6 0.6 3.8 4.1 84.0 5,378
Race/Ethnicity: 0.6 3.8 1.8 0.6 2.8 3.8 86.6 7,975
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 2.4 6.4 2.1 0.8 7.0 5.8 75.7 500
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 0.0 4.1 1.4 0.7 7.6 5.2 81.1 228
      Hispanic 1.1 6.8 3.8 0.3 9.2 3.1 75.8 261
      Unk/Ref 0.0 3.9 0.4 0.5 3.8 2.2 89.3 126
Income Group: 2.5 5.7 2.6 1.0 11.6 6.8 69.8 933
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 0.8 5.8 2.7 0.6 6.6 7.0 76.6 1,546
      $25-$49,999 0.4 3.4 2.0 0.7 2.5 3.4 87.6 2,202
      $50-$74,999 0.6 4.8 1.9 0.3 0.2 2.7 89.5 1,215
      >=$75,000 0.4 3.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 2.4 91.3 1,866
      Unk/Ref 0.8 2.7 1.6 0.5 4.5 3.2 86.6 1,328
Education Level: 2.0 3.3 2.5 0.4 9.9 7.6 74.3 796
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 0.7 3.7 2.1 0.5 3.9 2.7 86.3 3,270
      Some college/Tech school 0.5 5.0 1.7 0.8 2.4 4.1 85.7 2,313
      College graduate 0.4 4.4 1.4 0.6 0.9 3.4 88.9 2,690
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 21
Marital Status: 0.5 4.0 1.3 0.5 1.7 2.9 89.0 4,787
      Married
      Unmarried 1.1 4.4 2.5 0.7 5.9 5.2 80.2 4,246
      Unk/Ref 0.0 3.3 1.2 0.0 5.3 2.5 87.8 57
Employment Status: 0.9 4.1 1.9 0.6 1.7 4.1 86.7 4,288
      Employed
      Not employed 1.1 7.5 3.6 0.3 5.7 5.9 75.9 407
      Student/Homemaker 0.6 5.2 0.6 0.8 6.3 3.2 83.3 880
      Retired/Unable to work 0.4 3.3 2.0 0.5 5.8 3.3 84.6 3,452
      Unk/Ref 0.0 0.4 2.6 0.0 5.5 8.6 82.9 63
Grand Totals 0.8 4.2 1.9 0.6 3.6 4.0 85.0 9,090

SOURCE: 2013 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses
Table produced November 18, 2014

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