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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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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  Total
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%)
TOTAL 1,052 765 70.1 65.6-74.2 84 8.0 5.7-11.0 105 10.7 8.2-13.8 51 6.7 4.6- 9.7 47 4.6 3.0- 7.0
GENDER
Male 365 241 61.6 53.8-68.8 25 6.2 3.1-11.7 51 15.0 10.3-21.4 24 10.6 6.4-17.0 24 6.6 3.6-12.0
Female 687 524 76.3 71.3-80.6 59 9.2 6.4-13.3 54 7.5 5.3-10.6 27 3.9 2.3- 6.4 23 3.1 1.8- 5.4
AGE
18-24 91 54 67.7 53.1-79.5 17 11.6 5.7-22.0 11 12.3 5.6-24.9 8 5.6 2.1-14.2 1 2.9 0.4-17.9
25-34 193 128 56.2 45.5-66.5 9 6.5 2.2-17.8 27 14.7 9.3-22.3 18 15.2 8.3-26.3 11 7.3 3.0-17.0
35-44 234 168 74.6 65.8-81.8 15 6.4 2.6-14.7 21 6.4 3.5-11.2 14 7.7 3.9-14.6 16 5.0 2.7- 9.2
45-54 218 176 76.6 66.5-84.4 11 3.5 1.5- 7.7 20 14.3 7.7-25.0 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2 5 2.4 0.8- 7.1
55-64 129 88 72.5 61.2-81.6 17 11.9 5.8-22.9 16 10.7 6.0-18.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 7 4.7 1.9-11.1
65-74 95 79 77.4 62.0-87.9 8 11.9 5.1-25.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 1 3.6 0.5-21.5 3 6.1 1.5-21.6
75+ 71 55 70.9 53.3-83.9 5 11.9 4.0-30.8 6 13.6 5.2-30.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 4 3.2 0.8-11.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 140 61.2 49.9-71.5 25 14.0 8.3-22.5 30 16.4 9.7-26.4 2 2.3 0.3-13.2 6 6.1 1.9-18.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 352 249 70.3 62.9-76.7 28 6.1 3.4-10.9 39 10.8 7.2-15.7 20 7.8 4.5-13.1 16 5.1 2.6- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 282 201 68.8 59.4-76.8 22 9.8 5.0-18.3 29 9.4 5.4-16.0 17 8.9 4.4-17.2 13 3.1 1.5- 6.3
College Graduate 206 170 82.2 73.4-88.5 7 1.9 0.7- 4.7 6 5.8 2.0-16.0 12 6.2 3.2-11.6 11 4.0 1.8- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 88 61.5 48.5-73.0 26 16.7 9.1-28.5 25 15.2 8.0-27.0 3 1.0 0.2- 5.0 8 5.5 1.8-16.1
$15,000- 24,999 236 162 66.2 56.1-75.0 21 8.4 4.4-15.3 29 13.3 7.8-21.9 15 9.6 5.0-17.6 9 2.5 1.0- 6.0
$25,000- 34,999 164 125 75.1 63.8-83.8 3 4.4 0.8-21.2 15 9.2 5.0-16.4 11 7.0 3.3-14.4 10 4.3 2.1- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 125 98 65.5 51.2-77.5 3 2.3 0.5- 9.1 10 10.7 4.7-22.7 5 7.6 2.7-19.8 9 13.9 5.9-29.4
$50,000-74,999 63 52 71.6 46.2-88.1 2 9.7 1.8-38.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 6 17.7 5.1-46.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
$75,000+ 57 49 87.9 75.0-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.6- 9.8 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 5 8.4 2.9-21.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 19 75.9 54.0-89.4 4 15.8 5.4-38.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.9-15.2 1 4.4 0.6-25.8
Forsyth 96 70 73.0 61.6-82.0 11 10.3 5.2-19.2 9 9.1 4.3-18.3 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 5 5.3 1.9-13.7
Guilford 116 80 68.8 57.5-78.3 10 6.3 3.2-12.0 12 12.3 6.4-22.3 6 7.6 3.3-16.6 8 5.0 2.1-11.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 10 91.7 68.4-98.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.3 1.7-31.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 133 97 69.4 59.5-77.8 6 5.3 2.1-12.6 14 12.2 6.7-21.0 8 5.2 2.5-10.5 8 8.0 4.0-15.3
Orange 42 28 62.5 43.4-78.4 3 7.7 2.2-23.7 7 20.0 8.3-40.8 2 6.5 1.5-23.4 2 3.3 0.7-13.5
Pitt 111 83 75.3 65.0-83.3 8 6.9 3.3-14.0 12 10.7 5.3-20.4 5 4.2 1.7- 9.9 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5
Randolph 17 13 83.2 58.7-94.5 2 6.4 1.4-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.0 1.0-36.8 1 3.5 0.5-22.0
Robeson 94 67 58.5 42.4-73.1 10 10.2 4.8-20.7 10 15.4 7.9-28.0 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 4 12.9 2.8-42.8
Wake 74 48 56.3 40.5-70.9 4 6.1 1.8-18.8 10 18.8 9.1-34.8 7 15.2 5.3-36.6 5 3.5 1.4- 8.8
Western NC 23 17 68.4 42.8-86.3 3 10.5 3.1-29.8 1 10.9 1.6-47.9 1 7.8 1.1-39.0 1 2.4 0.3-15.4
Piedmont NC 114 85 72.1 60.5-81.3 8 8.6 4.0-17.8 12 7.9 3.9-15.4 6 7.5 3.3-16.2 3 3.9 0.9-15.4
Eastern NC 193 148 72.4 63.7-79.6 15 8.8 4.8-15.9 15 9.5 5.4-16.2 9 5.5 2.7-10.9 6 3.8 1.5- 9.3

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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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