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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2014
 
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 all respondents to the question. Weighting based on _lcpwtv1.

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: 0.0 8.9 5.2 2.3 4.3 1.2 78.0 277
      18-24
      25-34 0.9 9.2 5.4 1.2 5.6 2.8 75.0 416
      35-44 1.5 9.8 3.7 0.9 5.7 3.7 74.6 600
      45-54 1.6 7.5 2.7 1.1 5.2 3.1 78.8 940
      55-64 0.9 6.6 2.1 0.3 5.1 2.2 82.9 1,225
      65-74 0.3 3.4 2.3 0.8 3.2 1.5 88.6 1,074
      75 + 0.6 1.8 1.9 0.9 4.0 1.1 89.8 926
      Unk/Ref 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 89.1 70
Sex: 0.7 6.5 3.7 1.3 4.1 2.6 80.9 2,187
      Male
      Female 1.1 8.0 3.1 0.8 5.6 2.1 79.3 3,341
Race/Ethnicity: 0.9 7.0 2.9 1.3 3.9 2.3 81.6 4,825
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 0.5 6.6 2.5 0.0 7.7 2.5 80.2 302
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 0.1 12.2 6.4 0.0 4.4 3.8 73.0 168
      Hispanic 0.9 9.8 10.9 0.2 14.9 1.9 61.3 154
      Unk/Ref 2.7 6.0 0.8 0.0 8.9 1.9 79.8 79
Income Group: 1.3 8.9 5.6 1.2 20.3 2.4 60.2 547
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 1.1 8.8 6.1 1.7 8.2 3.2 70.9 901
      $25-$49,999 0.4 6.7 3.4 0.5 1.8 1.8 85.3 1,302
      $50-$74,999 1.3 7.4 2.0 0.7 0.4 2.5 85.7 718
      >=$75,000 0.5 7.3 2.4 0.8 0.4 2.4 86.1 1,247
      Unk/Ref 1.4 5.0 1.8 2.1 6.3 2.3 81.1 813
Education Level: 1.5 6.5 6.9 0.7 15.1 2.1 67.1 496
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 0.8 7.3 3.1 1.4 4.1 2.1 81.1 1,884
      Some college/Tech school 0.8 7.8 3.3 1.0 3.5 2.4 81.2 1,406
      College graduate 0.7 7.0 1.8 0.6 1.4 2.8 85.6 1,695
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 47
Marital Status: 1.0 7.3 2.4 0.5 2.2 2.5 84.1 2,962
      Married
      Unmarried 0.7 7.3 4.6 1.7 7.9 2.1 75.7 2,515
      Unk/Ref 4.4 6.9 1.4 3.2 5.2 7.4 71.6 51
Employment Status: 0.9 8.3 3.5 1.3 1.9 2.7 81.4 2,532
      Employed
      Not employed 0.7 8.3 6.5 0.6 10.4 4.1 69.3 210
      Student/Homemaker 0.4 9.2 2.5 0.9 6.1 1.8 79.0 529
      Retired/Unable to work 1.1 4.2 3.1 0.6 9.4 1.6 80.1 2,195
      Unk/Ref 2.9 3.6 0.0 2.4 8.2 0.4 82.5 62
Grand Totals 0.9 7.3 3.4 1.1 4.9 2.4 80.1 5,528

SOURCE: 2014 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 16, 2015

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