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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Care Access--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed medical care, but could not get it?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,055 135 13.9 11.0-17.4 920 86.1 82.6-89.0
GENDER
Male 368 50 15.4 10.7-21.6 318 84.6 78.4-89.3
Female 687 85 12.8 9.4-17.1 602 87.2 82.9-90.6
AGE
18-24 91 8 10.9 4.5-23.9 83 89.1 76.1-95.5
25-34 193 27 10.7 6.3-17.7 166 89.3 82.3-93.7
35-44 236 36 13.2 7.8-21.4 200 86.8 78.6-92.2
45-54 219 23 13.1 7.5-21.7 196 86.9 78.3-92.5
55-64 129 16 17.4 9.4-30.0 113 82.6 70.0-90.6
65-74 95 12 22.0 11.6-37.9 83 78.0 62.1-88.4
75+ 71 11 21.1 10.1-38.7 60 78.9 61.3-89.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 204 39 25.3 16.7-36.5 165 74.7 63.5-83.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 48 13.8 9.2-20.1 306 86.2 79.9-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 282 34 10.0 6.4-15.4 248 90.0 84.6-93.6
College Graduate 206 13 7.4 3.2-16.0 193 92.6 84.0-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 39 34.3 22.7-48.0 110 65.7 52.0-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 238 37 15.4 9.5-24.1 201 84.6 75.9-90.5
$25,000- 34,999 164 17 10.0 5.3-17.8 147 90.0 82.2-94.7
$35,000- 49,999 125 9 7.0 2.3-19.2 116 93.0 80.8-97.7
$50,000-74,999 63 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4 61 97.6 90.6-99.4
$75,000+ 59 2 3.2 0.7-13.5 57 96.8 86.5-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 5 18.2 7.3-38.7 22 81.8 61.3-92.7
Forsyth 96 14 13.9 7.7-23.8 82 86.1 76.2-92.3
Guilford 117 8 8.2 3.1-20.3 109 91.8 79.7-96.9
Henderson/Transylvania 13 2 6.4 1.1-29.7 11 93.6 70.3-98.9
Mecklenburg 133 20 14.1 8.4-22.7 113 85.9 77.3-91.6
Orange 42 3 9.7 2.8-28.3 39 90.3 71.7-97.2
Pitt 112 10 8.8 3.8-19.4 102 91.2 80.6-96.2
Randolph 17 3 17.6 5.0-46.2 14 82.4 53.8-95.0
Robeson 95 16 15.2 8.4-26.2 79 84.8 73.8-91.6
Wake 74 8 21.2 10.4-38.2 66 78.8 61.8-89.6
Western NC 23 6 26.8 10.9-52.3 17 73.2 47.7-89.1
Piedmont NC 114 16 12.6 7.1-21.3 98 87.4 78.7-92.9
Eastern NC 192 24 13.6 8.6-20.9 168 86.4 79.1-91.4

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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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