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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Health Care Coverage and Utilization

Is there one particular clinic, health center, doctor's office, or other place that you usually go to if you are sick or need advice about your health?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,966 4,826 78.1 76.4-79.8 1,140 21.9 20.2-23.6
Buncombe County 407 329 77.8 72.4-82.4 78 22.2 17.6-27.6
GENDER
Male 157 119 74.4 65.7-81.4 38 25.6 18.6-34.3
Female 250 210 81.2 74.2-86.6 40 18.8 13.4-25.8
RACE
White 364 293 76.8 70.9-81.8 71 23.2 18.2-29.1
Other 40 33 82.9 65.9-92.4 7 17.1 7.6-34.1
AGE
18-44 175 134 70.1 60.9-78.0 41 29.9 22.0-39.1
45+ 231 194 84.8 79.0-89.2 37 15.2 10.8-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 134 74.7 65.1-82.5 35 25.3 17.5-34.9
Some College + 238 195 80.1 73.8-85.2 43 19.9 14.8-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 192 74.7 67.1-81.0 52 25.3 19.0-32.9
$50,000+ 92 80 85.7 75.3-92.2 12 14.3 7.8-24.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 418 345 82.7 77.7-86.7 73 17.3 13.3-22.3
Durham 386 314 80.1 74.6-84.7 72 19.9 15.3-25.4
Forsyth 446 386 86.4 82.2-89.7 60 13.6 10.3-17.8
Gaston 445 359 79.3 74.7-83.3 86 20.7 16.7-25.3
Guilford 394 323 80.0 74.9-84.3 71 20.0 15.7-25.1
Mecklenburg 418 342 79.0 74.0-83.3 76 21.0 16.7-26.0
New Hanover 390 304 71.7 63.4-78.7 86 28.3 21.3-36.6
Onslow 418 350 80.2 72.5-86.2 68 19.8 13.8-27.5
Wake 409 313 74.1 68.4-79.0 96 25.9 21.0-31.6
Western NC 599 495 81.8 77.9-85.1 104 18.2 14.9-22.1
Piedmont NC 644 507 77.3 72.7-81.3 137 22.7 18.7-27.3
Eastern NC 592 459 76.3 71.8-80.2 133 23.7 19.8-28.2

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#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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