This story has been updated. Being too busy with work or other commitments is the top reason why Connecticut residents delayed or postponed medical care in the past year, according to a recent survey. About 28% of Connecticut adults delayed or postponed care, according to the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey. Among low-income adults, about 20% delayed care and 40% postponed it, according to the survey. Among higher-income adults, about 8% delayed and 20% postponed medical care. Among those who delayed or postponed care, 53% cited being too busy, among other reasons. The other reasons included being worried about the cost (50%), they didn’t think the problem was serious enough (46%), they couldn’t get an appointment soon enough (44%), their health plan wouldn’t pay for the treatment (33%), and the doctor or hospital wouldn’t accept their health insurance (22%). The DataHaven survey seeks to provide information about Connecticut that is not available through other data sources. The survey asks Connecticut residents questions about living conditions, physical and mental health, their neighborhood and satisfaction with the government. The survey has information on the participants, such as age, gender, race, educational level, income and more. Among adults who delayed care in the past year, the groups who most often cited being too busy are higher earners and young adults, according to the survey. More than half of individuals in nearly every income bracket who delayed or postponed care cited being too busy. However, 71% of the highest earners who delayed or postponed care cited being too busy to seek health care at least once in the past year — 16 percentage points more than the second-largest group. Residents in almost every geographic region also reported delaying care because they were busy. In urban core towns, like Bridgeport and Hartford, 52.8% who delayed care said it was because they were too busy, among other reasons. Urban periphery towns, like Windham and Stamford, follow at 52.4%. Suburban towns and rural areas reported, respectively, 54.1% and 49.1% of people who delayed health care cited being too busy. The towns with the highest rates of people who cited being too busy as their reason for delaying health care were wealthy towns like Westport and Greenwich, at 62%.  Age was also a key factor in whether people decide to delay or avoid medical care in the past year. Younger adults who postponed medical visits are more likely to cite being too busy as a reason, while older adults are less likely to delay care for work or other commitments. This trend is also seen when participants were asked if they delayed care because they believed the issue wasn’t “serious enough.” Among adults aged 18 to 34, 64% who delayed care reported doing so for this reason, compared to only 23% of those aged 65 and older. Gender differences also play a role. About 42% of men who said they delayed care said it was because they didn’t think the problem was serious enough, but about 50% of women cited the same reason. The cost of health care is a particularly high concern among Connecticut residents that come from out of the United States and are more likely to lack health insurance, with over half of them saying that costs have been one of the reasons why they have delayed or avoided medical care in the past year. Correction An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that 53% of Connecticut adults reported delaying medical care because they were too busy. It should have reported that about 28% of adults reported delaying care, and among them, about 53% cited being too busy among a number of other reasons for delaying care. Similar errors were made throughout the pervious version of this story.