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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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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
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
GENDER
Male 187 157 80.2 71.9-86.4 5 4.8 1.9-11.6 12 6.9 3.6-12.9 4 2.1 0.6- 6.6 9 6.1 3.0-12.2
Female 280 246 84.5 76.6-90.1 11 5.9 2.9-11.8 6 3.7 1.0-12.8 7 2.7 1.1- 6.7 10 3.1 1.5- 6.1
RACE
White 428 379 86.3 81.1-90.3 8 2.2 0.9- 4.9 13 4.4 2.0- 9.2 11 2.8 1.4- 5.8 17 4.3 2.5- 7.4
Other 34 20 58.5 35.0-78.7 8 25.8 11.4-48.5 4 8.5 2.3-27.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.1 1.5-28.3
AGE
18-44 159 118 70.8 60.9-79.1 12 11.2 6.1-19.7 8 5.6 2.5-12.4 9 4.8 2.1-10.4 12 7.6 3.8-14.5
45+ 305 283 91.7 85.3-95.4 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0 10 5.2 2.1-12.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 7 2.3 1.0- 5.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 157 77.5 68.3-84.6 11 8.2 4.2-15.4 9 6.2 2.9-12.8 3 1.8 0.4- 6.9 10 6.4 2.9-13.2
Some College + 276 245 86.2 78.9-91.2 5 3.1 1.0- 8.8 9 4.6 1.7-12.1 8 2.9 1.2- 6.7 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 252 209 77.2 68.8-83.8 11 6.0 3.0-11.4 14 8.6 4.4-16.2 6 2.2 0.8- 5.8 12 6.1 3.1-11.6
$50,000+ 98 93 96.6 90.9-98.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 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
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
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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