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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg 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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 128 104 81.0 72.7-87.3 18 14.4 9.0-22.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
Female 211 184 86.7 80.3-91.3 19 8.2 5.0-13.0 3 2.4 0.6- 8.8 3 1.7 0.4- 6.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5
RACE
White 243 209 86.1 80.5-90.2 28 11.9 8.0-17.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 3 0.8 0.2- 2.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
Other 89 72 78.3 66.6-86.7 9 9.7 4.8-18.6 3 4.5 1.2-15.8 3 5.2 1.6-15.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.1
AGE
18-44 182 157 84.7 77.5-89.8 16 9.8 5.8-15.9 3 2.3 0.6- 8.3 3 1.9 0.5- 6.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7
45+ 155 129 83.0 75.3-88.6 21 13.0 8.2-19.8 2 1.8 0.5- 7.0 3 2.2 0.6- 8.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 88 80.0 69.7-87.5 11 10.5 5.6-19.0 3 4.7 1.4-14.3 3 3.1 0.9-10.6 2 1.6 0.3- 7.0
Some College + 231 199 86.1 80.4-90.4 26 11.3 7.6-16.7 2 0.7 0.1- 3.4 3 1.4 0.4- 5.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 122 80.1 71.7-86.5 19 13.8 8.5-21.5 3 2.1 0.6- 6.9 3 2.1 0.5- 8.0 3 1.9 0.6- 6.3
$50,000+ 138 124 89.9 83.3-94.1 12 8.6 4.8-14.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 0 0.0 . - .
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
Durham 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
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
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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