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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 599 495 81.8 77.9-85.1 104 18.2 14.9-22.1
GENDER
Male 224 167 75.1 68.3-80.9 57 24.9 19.1-31.7
Female 375 328 87.9 83.8-91.0 47 12.1 9.0-16.2
RACE
White 562 467 82.8 79.0-86.1 95 17.2 13.9-21.0
Other 34 27 74.0 52.0-88.2 7 26.0 11.8-48.0
AGE
18-44 213 176 80.5 73.2-86.2 37 19.5 13.8-26.8
45+ 382 316 82.8 78.2-86.5 66 17.2 13.5-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 325 258 77.9 72.1-82.7 67 22.1 17.3-27.9
Some College + 270 233 86.5 81.4-90.4 37 13.5 9.6-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 396 326 80.3 75.2-84.6 70 19.7 15.4-24.8
$50,000+ 105 89 86.4 78.1-91.9 16 13.6 8.1-21.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 329 77.8 72.4-82.4 78 22.2 17.6-27.6
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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