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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,192 5,457 85.8 84.2-87.2 735 14.2 12.8-15.8
Wake County 427 377 85.9 81.1-89.7 50 14.1 10.3-18.9
GENDER
Male 179 150 80.8 72.7-86.9 29 19.2 13.1-27.3
Female 248 227 91.8 87.0-94.9 21 8.2 5.1-13.0
RACE
White 321 291 89.3 84.5-92.8 30 10.7 7.2-15.5
Other 100 80 76.7 64.3-85.8 20 23.3 14.2-35.7
AGE
18-44 258 219 83.1 76.6-88.1 39 16.9 11.9-23.4
45+ 165 154 91.1 83.0-95.5 11 8.9 4.5-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 85 75.7 64.5-84.2 27 24.3 15.8-35.5
Some College + 311 289 90.3 85.0-93.9 22 9.7 6.1-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 141 75.1 65.8-82.5 36 24.9 17.5-34.2
$50,000+ 166 161 96.8 92.0-98.7 5 3.2 1.3- 8.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 423 363 82.9 77.8-87.1 60 17.1 12.9-22.2
Cumberland 429 380 82.9 70.1-91.0 49 17.1 9.0-29.9
Durham 399 354 87.5 82.6-91.2 45 12.5 8.8-17.4
Forsyth 455 418 91.6 88.0-94.2 37 8.4 5.8-12.0
Gaston 467 405 86.6 82.6-89.9 62 13.4 10.1-17.4
Guilford 415 375 88.6 84.0-92.1 40 11.4 7.9-16.0
Mecklenburg 431 403 91.3 87.1-94.3 28 8.7 5.7-12.9
New Hanover 403 362 88.7 84.3-92.0 41 11.3 8.0-15.7
Onslow 436 379 81.4 71.9-88.2 57 18.6 11.8-28.1
Western NC 618 531 83.9 80.0-87.2 87 16.1 12.8-20.0
Piedmont NC 669 598 87.8 84.0-90.8 71 12.2 9.2-16.0
Eastern NC 620 512 81.3 77.2-84.9 108 18.7 15.1-22.8

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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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