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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,056 852 79.5 75.2-83.2 204 20.5 16.8-24.8
GENDER
Male 370 289 75.6 68.2-81.7 81 24.4 18.3-31.8
Female 686 563 82.4 77.1-86.6 123 17.6 13.4-22.9
AGE
18-24 91 62 63.7 47.4-77.3 29 36.3 22.7-52.6
25-34 192 153 85.1 77.2-90.5 39 14.9 9.5-22.8
35-44 237 180 78.4 69.7-85.1 57 21.6 14.9-30.3
45-54 220 177 78.6 68.7-86.0 43 21.4 14.0-31.3
55-64 129 100 76.9 65.0-85.6 29 23.1 14.4-35.0
65-74 95 91 93.4 77.9-98.3 4 6.6 1.7-22.1
75+ 71 68 93.6 80.6-98.1 3 6.4 1.9-19.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 148 66.9 54.9-77.0 57 33.1 23.0-45.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 263 75.7 68.2-81.9 90 24.3 18.1-31.8
Some Post-H.S. 283 239 85.1 77.7-90.3 44 14.9 9.7-22.3
College Graduate 206 195 92.8 83.8-97.0 11 7.2 3.0-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 102 69.4 55.7-80.3 48 30.6 19.7-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 238 170 63.4 52.1-73.4 68 36.6 26.6-47.9
$25,000- 34,999 164 143 89.8 82.8-94.1 21 10.2 5.9-17.2
$35,000- 49,999 125 114 88.7 77.1-94.8 11 11.3 5.2-22.9
$50,000-74,999 63 58 93.7 82.4-97.9 5 6.3 2.1-17.6
$75,000+ 59 57 92.3 66.9-98.6 2 7.7 1.4-33.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 20 60.9 37.9-79.9 7 39.1 20.1-62.1
Forsyth 96 74 78.9 68.1-86.8 22 21.1 13.2-31.9
Guilford 117 96 74.4 59.6-85.1 21 25.6 14.9-40.4
Henderson/Transylvania 13 11 93.6 70.3-98.9 2 6.4 1.1-29.7
Mecklenburg 133 113 84.6 76.4-90.3 20 15.4 9.7-23.6
Orange 42 37 84.7 66.7-93.9 5 15.3 6.1-33.3
Pitt 111 93 77.1 63.1-86.9 18 22.9 13.1-36.9
Randolph 17 14 82.5 53.9-95.0 3 17.5 5.0-46.1
Robeson 96 67 70.9 58.1-81.1 29 29.1 18.9-41.9
Wake 74 54 73.5 58.3-84.6 20 26.5 15.4-41.7
Western NC 23 19 81.6 53.6-94.4 4 18.4 5.6-46.4
Piedmont NC 115 88 73.8 61.7-83.1 27 26.2 16.9-38.3
Eastern NC 192 166 84.5 76.0-90.4 26 15.5 9.6-24.0

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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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