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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for New Hanover County

Health Care Coverage and Utilization

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,964 664 11.5 10.2-12.8 5,300 88.5 87.2-89.8
New Hanover County 391 43 12.4 8.8-17.1 348 87.6 82.9-91.2
GENDER
Male 161 15 11.1 6.4-18.7 146 88.9 81.3-93.6
Female 230 28 13.9 9.4-20.1 202 86.1 79.9-90.6
RACE
White 334 31 11.2 7.7-16.2 303 88.8 83.8-92.3
Other 53 12 17.4 8.1-33.7 41 82.6 66.3-91.9
AGE
18-44 181 27 14.9 9.5-22.4 154 85.1 77.6-90.5
45+ 206 16 9.7 5.7-16.0 190 90.3 84.0-94.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 20 17.5 11.1-26.3 105 82.5 73.7-88.9
Some College + 263 23 9.9 6.1-15.9 240 90.1 84.1-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 33 16.1 10.9-23.1 167 83.9 76.9-89.1
$50,000+ 130 6 7.0 2.7-17.3 124 93.0 82.7-97.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 53 13.6 10.0-18.3 353 86.4 81.7-90.0
Cumberland 417 35 12.4 5.0-27.7 382 87.6 72.3-95.0
Durham 386 36 9.8 6.6-14.1 350 90.2 85.9-93.4
Forsyth 446 42 8.3 5.9-11.6 404 91.7 88.4-94.1
Gaston 444 73 17.5 13.7-22.1 371 82.5 77.9-86.3
Guilford 395 30 7.6 5.0-11.5 365 92.4 88.5-95.0
Mecklenburg 418 34 8.6 6.0-12.3 384 91.4 87.7-94.0
Onslow 419 46 8.3 6.0-11.4 373 91.7 88.6-94.0
Wake 408 34 6.9 4.7-10.1 374 93.1 89.9-95.3
Western NC 597 69 11.9 9.3-15.1 528 88.1 84.9-90.7
Piedmont NC 645 72 9.9 7.5-12.9 573 90.1 87.1-92.5
Eastern NC 592 97 16.3 13.1-20.1 495 83.7 79.9-86.9

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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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