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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg 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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 153 120 75.1 65.3-82.8 5 5.0 1.9-12.4 9 4.1 2.0- 8.5 10 8.3 4.1-16.1 9 7.5 3.5-15.5
Female 282 245 83.1 76.8-87.9 11 4.6 2.4- 9.0 12 6.5 3.5-11.9 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 8 3.7 1.8- 7.4
RACE
White 265 242 88.2 81.8-92.6 5 2.4 0.8- 6.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 7 2.9 1.4- 6.2
Other 167 120 66.6 56.9-75.1 11 8.1 4.0-15.7 17 10.5 6.1-17.4 9 5.5 2.4-12.1 10 9.3 4.5-18.1
AGE
18-44 231 185 75.7 67.7-82.2 9 5.3 2.5-11.0 11 5.1 2.6- 9.8 13 6.9 3.6-12.9 13 7.0 3.7-13.1
45+ 200 176 85.1 78.3-90.1 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9 10 5.8 3.0-11.0 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 96 66.1 54.6-76.1 11 9.9 4.8-19.3 15 11.7 6.6-19.9 7 8.9 3.8-19.6 4 3.4 1.2- 8.8
Some College + 301 268 85.9 79.7-90.5 5 2.1 0.8- 5.6 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3 13 6.8 3.5-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 150 75.6 66.4-83.0 11 6.0 3.0-11.8 16 9.0 5.1-15.4 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 7 6.5 2.6-15.3
$50,000+ 147 132 87.7 80.1-92.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.0 2.1-11.7 8 6.7 3.3-13.1
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
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
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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