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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

Health Care Coverage and Utilization

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  Total
Respond.#
Doctor's Office Clinic or Health Center Outpatient Dept. ER or Urgent Care Center Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,817 3,751 78.0 76.1-79.8 573 12.2 10.8-13.8 176 3.4 2.7- 4.2 153 3.3 2.5- 4.2 164 3.2 2.5- 4.1
Durham County 314 234 72.8 64.8-79.5 40 11.7 8.2-16.4 27 8.2 5.2-12.6 8 2.9 1.3- 6.1 5 4.5 1.1-17.0
GENDER
Male 103 71 66.3 51.8-78.2 16 14.0 8.2-22.8 9 7.8 3.7-15.8 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 2 7.9 1.4-33.5
Female 211 163 78.6 71.6-84.2 24 9.7 6.1-15.0 18 8.5 5.0-14.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 3 1.4 0.5- 4.4
RACE
White 170 139 81.5 73.9-87.2 15 11.0 6.4-18.2 10 4.3 2.2- 8.1 3 1.2 0.4- 4.3 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2
Other 138 92 66.4 53.1-77.4 23 11.3 6.8-18.2 16 11.2 6.2-19.4 5 4.4 1.8-10.5 2 6.7 1.1-31.1
AGE
18-44 155 109 71.9 62.4-79.7 19 11.6 7.2-18.3 16 10.0 5.6-17.4 7 4.4 1.9- 9.9 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6
45+ 154 120 73.3 58.5-84.2 21 12.1 7.2-19.6 11 5.9 3.1-11.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 1 7.8 1.2-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 71 73.1 62.1-81.8 14 12.1 6.6-21.1 9 9.4 4.4-19.1 4 3.2 1.1- 9.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4
Some College + 214 163 72.7 61.9-81.3 26 11.5 7.4-17.5 18 7.6 4.3-13.0 4 2.7 1.0- 7.4 3 5.5 1.0-24.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 106 69.6 59.9-77.8 28 14.5 9.4-21.8 16 9.2 5.2-16.0 7 4.4 1.9- 9.9 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0
$50,000+ 103 86 73.3 53.8-86.6 9 10.7 5.3-20.6 6 4.1 1.6-10.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 1 10.2 1.6-45.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 329 267 78.9 73.0-83.7 32 10.7 7.2-15.5 8 3.5 1.6- 7.6 7 2.7 1.1- 6.5 15 4.2 2.4- 7.2
Cumberland 344 204 59.5 50.8-67.6 70 20.3 15.1-26.9 22 6.7 4.0-11.0 17 3.8 2.2- 6.4 31 9.7 6.5-14.2
Forsyth 386 318 80.4 74.5-85.2 42 11.1 8.0-15.3 12 4.4 1.8-10.2 11 3.6 1.7- 7.6 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6
Gaston 358 299 81.8 76.3-86.3 36 9.8 6.9-13.8 6 2.2 0.8- 6.1 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 11 4.7 2.2- 9.7
Guilford 323 269 81.0 75.4-85.5 31 9.9 6.8-14.1 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1 14 5.6 3.2- 9.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
Mecklenburg 339 288 84.1 79.1-88.1 37 11.0 7.8-15.3 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4 6 2.0 0.8- 4.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7
New Hanover 303 238 75.6 69.1-81.1 40 15.5 10.9-21.6 5 2.1 0.9- 5.3 19 6.4 3.9-10.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
Onslow 350 193 50.9 43.5-58.3 58 16.8 12.5-22.1 36 9.4 6.6-13.3 16 3.9 2.3- 6.7 47 19.0 12.2-28.3
Wake 312 263 82.0 76.3-86.6 15 5.8 3.3-10.0 9 3.0 1.4- 6.1 18 6.7 4.0-10.8 7 2.5 1.0- 6.2
Western NC 494 401 80.2 75.9-83.9 57 11.6 8.8-15.1 17 3.7 2.2- 6.0 7 1.6 0.7- 3.9 12 2.9 1.5- 5.4
Piedmont NC 506 415 79.9 75.2-83.9 55 12.5 9.3-16.7 13 2.8 1.5- 4.9 12 2.6 1.3- 5.3 11 2.2 1.0- 4.6
Eastern NC 459 362 76.0 70.7-80.5 60 13.7 10.3-18.1 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 12 3.5 1.8- 6.5 14 3.8 2.1- 6.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having a usual place of medical care.

#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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