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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,730 563 8.5 7.5- 9.5 6,167 91.5 90.5-92.5
Buncombe County 413 36 7.8 5.4-11.2 377 92.2 88.8-94.6
GENDER
Male 159 10 6.4 3.3-12.1 149 93.6 87.9-96.7
Female 254 26 9.2 6.0-13.8 228 90.8 86.2-94.0
RACE
White 366 29 6.8 4.5-10.2 337 93.2 89.8-95.5
Other 41 7 17.2 7.9-33.5 34 82.8 66.5-92.1
AGE
18-44 151 13 8.8 4.9-15.3 138 91.2 84.7-95.1
45+ 256 23 7.4 4.7-11.4 233 92.6 88.6-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 20 12.3 7.6-19.4 139 87.7 80.6-92.4
Some College + 250 16 4.9 2.9- 8.2 234 95.1 91.8-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 25 10.2 6.6-15.5 190 89.8 84.5-93.4
$50,000+ 89 5 4.5 1.7-11.1 84 95.5 88.9-98.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 465 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 427 92.0 88.5-94.5
Guilford 423 25 5.8 3.5- 9.5 398 94.2 90.5-96.5
Henderson/Transylvania 474 40 9.0 6.3-12.8 434 91.0 87.2-93.7
Mecklenburg 446 37 8.1 5.5-11.9 409 91.9 88.1-94.5
Orange 440 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 419 95.9 93.3-97.5
Pitt 418 33 7.6 5.0-11.3 385 92.4 88.7-95.0
Randolph 433 40 8.0 5.6-11.2 393 92.0 88.8-94.4
Robeson 443 48 9.6 6.9-13.2 395 90.4 86.8-93.1
Wake 432 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 407 92.3 88.1-95.1
Western NC 658 64 8.2 6.2-10.8 594 91.8 89.2-93.8
Piedmont NC 887 76 8.9 6.8-11.6 811 91.1 88.4-93.2
Eastern NC 798 80 9.2 7.1-11.8 718 90.8 88.2-92.9

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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, 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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