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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Health Care Access

When you are sick or need advice about your health, to which one of the following places do you usually go?

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Respond.#
Doctor's office Public health clinic Outpatient/Emergency Room Urgent care center Other or no usual place
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,681 5,339 76.6 74.9-78.2 380 6.7 5.7- 7.8 333 6.1 5.2- 7.1 290 5.2 4.4- 6.1 339 5.5 4.7- 6.4
Buncombe County 412 331 77.3 71.9-81.9 23 6.1 3.9- 9.5 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9 24 6.4 4.1-10.0 18 5.6 3.2- 9.5
GENDER
Male 158 112 68.6 59.6-76.4 8 5.9 2.8-12.1 11 7.7 4.0-14.2 14 8.9 5.0-15.3 13 9.0 4.7-16.5
Female 254 219 85.4 79.6-89.8 15 6.3 3.6-10.7 5 1.6 0.6- 4.3 10 4.2 2.0- 8.4 5 2.5 0.9- 6.3
RACE
White 365 300 79.3 73.7-84.0 12 3.0 1.6- 5.6 16 5.2 3.0- 8.9 22 7.0 4.4-10.9 15 5.5 3.0- 9.9
Other 40 25 60.5 42.5-76.0 11 32.7 18.2-51.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9 2 4.3 1.0-16.9
AGE
18-44 151 106 65.5 56.0-73.9 11 7.4 4.0-13.3 7 6.8 3.2-14.1 16 11.4 6.7-18.8 11 8.9 4.3-17.3
45+ 255 220 86.3 80.6-90.4 12 5.3 2.7-10.2 9 2.9 1.4- 5.8 7 2.4 1.1- 5.2 7 3.2 1.5- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 115 70.0 61.0-77.7 15 11.4 6.7-18.9 9 6.6 3.2-13.0 12 7.5 3.9-13.7 6 4.5 1.9-10.3
Some College + 251 213 82.1 75.1-87.5 8 2.5 1.2- 5.5 6 3.1 1.2- 7.6 12 5.8 3.1-10.7 12 6.4 3.2-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 165 73.2 65.4-79.7 15 7.7 4.3-13.3 9 5.7 2.7-11.5 18 9.0 5.4-14.6 8 4.5 2.1- 9.2
$50,000+ 89 80 89.6 80.0-94.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.4- 8.6 2 2.7 0.6-11.7 5 5.8 2.2-14.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 462 385 79.9 74.9-84.1 23 6.0 3.8- 9.5 22 5.6 3.4- 9.0 16 4.6 2.7- 7.8 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Guilford 422 337 74.9 69.0-80.0 23 7.0 4.2-11.3 20 6.5 3.9-10.7 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 20 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Henderson/Transylvania 467 403 82.3 76.8-86.7 16 5.3 3.0- 9.3 18 5.3 2.9- 9.7 11 2.4 1.1- 4.9 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8
Mecklenburg 435 365 79.1 73.5-83.8 16 4.8 2.7- 8.5 21 5.3 3.3- 8.6 16 5.1 2.8- 9.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Orange 435 333 73.9 68.1-79.1 31 8.4 5.6-12.6 23 5.5 3.4- 8.9 11 2.8 1.5- 5.5 37 9.2 6.4-13.2
Pitt 416 316 74.7 69.3-79.4 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3 19 5.1 3.0- 8.7 28 6.4 4.3- 9.5 30 7.9 5.3-11.6
Randolph 432 356 80.4 74.9-85.0 20 5.2 3.2- 8.3 16 5.0 2.7- 9.3 20 5.0 3.1- 7.9 20 4.4 2.6- 7.3
Robeson 440 326 66.7 60.1-72.7 39 10.6 7.2-15.5 37 12.2 8.4-17.4 24 5.3 3.3- 8.2 14 5.2 2.2-11.9
Wake 428 343 76.9 71.2-81.8 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 24 6.5 3.7-11.1 30 6.6 4.4- 9.8
Western NC 658 531 80.0 76.1-83.4 46 6.3 4.5- 8.7 32 5.5 3.7- 8.0 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2 34 5.8 3.9- 8.7
Piedmont NC 881 733 81.2 77.7-84.3 41 5.2 3.5- 7.7 45 5.3 3.7- 7.4 22 3.3 2.1- 5.2 40 5.0 3.5- 7.2
Eastern NC 793 580 69.7 65.5-73.6 64 9.4 7.0-12.6 48 7.7 5.5-10.6 57 7.6 5.7-10.1 44 5.6 4.0- 7.7

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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